Three hundred and sixty-five passages of the journey west, written by hand, one day at a time, from the stone monkey to the scriptures that come home.
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Text: Wu Cheng'en, 西遊記 (Ming dynasty), via Chinese Wikisource. Glosses: CC-CEDICT. Characters: frequency counted by this project from the same public-domain texts. Strokes: Make Me a Hanzi. Font: Noto Serif TC (OFL). Translations: InstantHPI (2026), machine-assisted.. Every title's full list, with the licence for each source, is on the Sources and licences page.
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