Journey to the West is a famous classical Chinese novel written more than 400years ago by Wu Cheng'en.The novel is based on the true story of a Chinese monk Xuan zang， who travelled to India on foot to seek Buddhist scriptures. In this novel， the monk's name was Monk Tang， who experienced 81 challenges during his journey. However， Monk Tang was able to overcome the difficulties with help from his disciples - the Monkey King， Pigsy and Sandy. According to the legend， the Monkey King learned Kung Fu and magic from a Taoist master. Smart and powerful， the Monkey King was always ready to fight with demons and even the gods on occasion.

The Chinese Library Series is a collection of graded readers for students studyingChinese as a foreign language. There are 6 levels available in this series， graded according to the vocabulary used. Each reader is accompanied by exercises. A Chinese-English word list makes it easy for students to work independently. A free CD-ROM included narrates the text with subtitles.