[ Chinese Literature 2 ] Journey to the West 西游记 | Learn Chinese with Yoyo Mo

今天是我们中国文学作品专栏的第二期，jīn tiān | shì | wǒ men | zhōng guó | wén xué | zuò pǐn | zhuān lán | de | dì | èr | qīToday is the second episode of our Chinese literary works column.今天我们要介绍的，jīn tiān | wǒ men | yào | jiè shào | deWhat we are going to introduce today是中国四大古典名著之一的《西游记》。shì | zhōng guó | sì | dà | gǔ diǎn | míng zhù | zhī | yī | de | 《xī | yóu | jì》is *Journey to the West*, one of China's four great classical novels.西游记可以说是中国人全都熟悉的故事，xī | yóu | jì | kě | yǐ | shuō | shì | zhōng guó | rén | quán | dōu | shú | xī | de | gù | shìJourney to the West is a story familiar to all Chinese people.绝大多数人都看过1986年版的电视剧《西游记》，jué | dà | duō | shù | rén | dōu | kàn | guò | 1986 | nián | bǎn | de | diàn | shì | jù | 《xī | yóu | jì》Most people have watched the 1986 TV series adaptation of *Journey to the West*.那是一部难以超越的经典。nà | shì | yī | bù | nán | yǐ | chāo | yuè | de | jīng | diǎnIt is an unsurpassable classic.小朋友们小时候了解的第一部名著，xiǎo | péng | yǒu | men | xiǎo | shí | hou | liǎo | jiě | de | dì | yī | bù | míng | zhùThe first classic novel that children get to know when they are young就是《西游记》，jiù | shì | 《xī | yóu | jì》is *Journey to the West*.主要是因为它的故事比较通俗易懂，zhǔ | yào | shì | yīn | wèi | tā | de | gù | shì | bǐ | jiào | tōng | sú | yì | dǒngmainly because its stories are relatively easy to understand,并且好玩，bìng | qiě | hǎo | wánand very interesting.不像《三国演义》《红楼梦》这些名著，bù | xiàng | 《sān | guó | yǎn | yì》 | 《hóng | lóu | mèng》 | zhè | xiē | míng | zhùunlike classics such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms and *Dream of the Red Chamber*,充满了儿童不懂的东西。chōng | mǎn | le | ér | tóng | bù | dǒng | de | dōng | xiwhich are full of content that children cannot understand.由西游记改编的艺术创作也非常多，yóu | xī | yóu | jì | gǎi | biān | de | yì | shù | chuàng | zuò | yě | fēi | cháng | duōThere are also many artistic works adapted from *Journey to the West*.比如大型游戏《黑神话：悟空》，bǐ | rú | dà | xíng | yóu | xì | 《hēi | shén | huà | ：wù | kōng》such as the large-scale game *Black Myth: Wukong*,还有电视剧、电影、动画片等等。hái | yǒu | diàn | shì | jù | diàn | yǐng | dòng | huà | piàn | děng | děngas well as TV series, movies, cartoons and so on.它的原型是唐代的高僧玄奘，tā | de | yuán | xíng | shì | táng | dài | de | gāo | sēng | xuán | zàngIts prototype is Xuanzang, a eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty,去古印度取经的真实故事。qù | gǔ | yìn | dù | qǔ | jīng | de | zhēn | shí | gù | shìand his true story of going to ancient India to obtain Buddhist scriptures.但小说中加入了大量的神话元素，dàn | xiǎo | shuō | zhōng | jiā | rù | le | dà | liàng | de | shén | huà | yuán | sùBut the novel has added a lot of mythological elements,增加了四个角色，zēng | jiā | le | sì | gè | jué | sèand added four characters,分别是：孙悟空，猪八戒，沙和尚，白龙马。fēn | bié | shì | ：sūn | wù | kōng | zhū | bā | jiè | shā | hé | shàng | bái | lóng | mǎnamely: Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Heshang, and White Dragon Horse.唐僧善良但固执，táng | sēng | shàn | liáng | dàn | gù | zhíTang Seng is kind but stubborn,是团队的精神领袖；shì | tuán | duì | de | jīng | shén | lǐng | xiùand is the spiritual leader of the team.猪八戒贪吃、好色、偷懒，zhū | bā | jiè | tān | chī | hào | sè | tōu | lǎnZhu Bajie is gluttonous, lecherous and lazy.沙和尚沉默寡言，忠厚老实。shā | hé | shàng | chén | mò | guǎ | yán | zhōng | hòu | lǎo | shíSha Heshang is taciturn, honest and trustworthy.最具有英雄主义色彩的角色，zuì | jù | yǒu | yīng | xióng | zhǔ | yì | sè | cǎi | de | jué | sèThe most heroic character就是孙悟空啦，jiù | shì | sūn | wù | kōng | lais Sun Wukong.------------For full transcript or 1 on 1 tutoring: [email protected]