Visualizations of the Journey to the West

by DongMyong Lee, Barbara Wall

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Title : Songs of Green Hills (sijo, 1728)

Number of integral elements : 18

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Bibliographical Information

Chŏng Pyŏnguk, ed. 1980. Sijo munhak sajŏn [Dictionary of sijo literature]. Sin’gu Munhwasa.

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List of the 67 integral elements

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Monkey

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Monk

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Pig

characters

Sand Monster

characters

Horse

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Jade Emperor

characters

Subhūti

characters

Buddha

characters

Taizong

characters

Guanyin

characters

Bull Demon King

characters

Laozi

objects

Compliant Weapon

objects

Headband

objects

Scriptures

places

Flower-Fruit Mountain

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Five-Phases Mountain

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Tang

places

Heaven

places

West

places

Thunderclap Monastery

motifs

Transformation

motifs

Cloud Soaring

motifs

Shortening the Ground

motifs

Supernatural Abilities

motifs

Travel

motifs

Monsters & Hindrances

title

The Journey

author

Wu Cheng'en

episodes

1: Havoc in heaven

episodes

2: Search for Scripture Pilgrim

episodes

3: Tripitaka’s Childhood

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3: Tripitaka’s Childhood

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5: Grand Mass

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6: Recruitment of Disciples

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7: Widow and Three Daughters

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8: Ginseng人參果

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9: White-Bone Lady白骨夫人

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10: Yellow Robe 黃袍郎

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11: Silver Horn & Golden Horn銀角金角

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12: Black Rooster Country烏雞國

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13: Red Boy紅孩兒

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14: Dragon King in Black River黑河

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15: Cart Slow Country車遲國

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16: Heaven-Reaching River通天河

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17: Great King One-Horn獨角

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18: Women State 女人國

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19: Two Sun Wukongs

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20: Mountain of Flames火焰山

episodes

21: Golden Light Monastery金光寺

episodes

22: Poetry at Brimble Ridge荊棘嶺

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23: Small Thunderclap小雷音寺

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24: Tuluo Village駝羅莊

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25: Scarlet-Purple Kingdom朱紫國

episodes

26: Cobweb Cave盤絲洞

episodes

27: Lion-Camel Mountain獅駝嶺

episodes

28: Bhiksu Kingdom 比丘國

episodes

29: Bottomless Cave 無底洞

episodes

30: Dharma Destroying Kingdom 滅法國

episodes

31: Phoenix-Immortal Prefecture 鳳仙郡

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32: Jade-Flower District 玉華縣

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33: Gold-Level Prefecture 金平府

episodes

34: Kingdom of India 天竺國

episodes

35: Squire Kou 寇員外家

episodes

36: Obtaining the Scriptures 取經

episodes

37: Last Ordeal

episodes

38: Return to the East 歸東土

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A Korean Odyssey (TV series, 2017) (21)

Pak Hong-kyun, director. 2017-2018. Hwayugi. tvN.

After Imitating Mi Fu-style (commentary, 18th c.) (2)

Kang Sehwang. Che Im Mi Fu-p’ung ch’ŏp hu. In P’yoamgo. Han’guk kojǒn chonghap DB.

Annotations on Muyŏm hwasang pimyŏng (18th c.) (3)

Ch’oe Ch’i-wŏn. Muyŏm hwasang pimyŏng. Translated by Yi Sanghyŏn. In Koun sŏnsaeng munjip. Han’guk kojǒn chonghap DB.

Dream of the Nine Clouds (17th c.) (5)

Kim Manjung. 2008. Hyŏndae yŏk Kuunmong [Modern translation of Kuunmong]. Translated by Kim Pyǒngguk. Seoul: Seoul taehakkyo ch’ulp’anbu.

Fantasy of the Western Region (1998) (39)

Cho Ku [Cho Kyŏnghwi]. 1998. Sŏyŏk p’ant’aji [Fantasy of the western region]. P’aju: Ttǔ’indol.

Fly Superboard (animation, 1990s) (26)

Hŏ Yŏngman. 1990-2002. Narara syup’ŏbodŭ [Flying superboard].

Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (TV series, 2016) (3)

Lee Eung-bok, Kwon Hyuk-chan, and Yoon Jong-ho, dir. 2016-2017. Ssŭlssŭlhago Ch’allanhasin – Tokkaebi [Guardian: The Lonely and Great God]. tvN. 16 episodes.

Hǒ Kyun’s Comments on The Journey (1613) (13)

Hǒ Kyun. Sŏyurok pal. In Sŏngso pubugo. Han’guk kojǒn chonghap DB.

Hong Kiltong (4)

Hŏ Kyun. 2012. Hong Kiltong chŏn. Translated by Kim T’akhwan. Seoul: Minŭmsa.

In Search of an Inscription (novel, 1987) (3)

Pok, Kǒil. 2013. Pimyǒng ǔl ch’ajasǒ [In search of an inscription]. Vol. 1. Munhak kwa chisǒngsa.

Inscriptions on Mr. Gu’s Painting Manual (17th c.) (4)

Hong Myŏngwŏn. Che Gushi huapu. In Haebongjip. Han’guk kojǒn chonghap DB; Hong Sŏbong. Che Gushi huapu. In Hakkokchip. Han’guk kojǒn chonghap DB; Yu Suk. Che kohwach’ŏp. In Ch’wihŭljip. Han’guk kojǒn chonghap DB.

Interpreter Pak With Vernacular Renderings (textbook, 1677) (17)

Wang Yuhwi, and Pak Chaeyŏn, eds. 2003. Pak t’ongsa ŏnhae. Asan: Sŏnmun daehakkyo chunghan pŏn’yŏk munhŏn yŏn’guso.

Ko Uyǒng’s Journey (comic, 1980) (39)

Ko Uyǒng. 2006. Sǒyugi [The Journey to the West], three volumes. Seoul: Chaǔm kwa moǔm.

Magical Thousand Character Text (comic, 2003) (16)

Siriŏl. 2003. Mabŏp ch’ŏnjamun: Son Ogong ǔi hanja taet’amhǒm [Magical Thousand Character Text: Sun Wukong’s Great Chinese Characters Expedition]. Aulbuk, 2003-.

Mr. Ogong’s Account of Escape from Financial Depression (p’ansori, 2004) (6)

Kim Pyǒngjun. 2004. Ogong-ssi pulhwang t’alch’ulgi. In: Seoul: Ieni midiǒ (CD).

New Journey to the West (blog novel, 2007) (36)

T’aegǔk sǒnbǒp 太極仙法 [Immortality Technique Based on the Supreme Ultimate] blog. 2007. Sin Sŏyugi [New Journey to the West]. 20 June 2007 to 4 December 2007. http://blog.daum.net/taoway/5355144 (accessed January 15, 2018).

New Journey to the West (reality TV, 2015-) (16)

Na Young-seok. 2015-present. Sin Sŏyugi [New Journey to the West].

New Translation of the Journey to the West (newspaper novel, 1962) (62)

Ch’aeguk sanin [Yi Sangu, and Kim Wangsŏk]. 1962 – 1963. Sinyŏk Sŏyugi [New Translation of the Journey to the West]. Taegu Ilbo March 1962 - June 1963.

Pongsan Mask Dance (1936) (7)

Song Sŏkha. 1940. “Pongsan ka’myŏn’gŭk kakpon” [The script of Pongsan mask dance]. Munjang. Vol. 2, No. 6, 273-306.

Princess Sǒnhwa and Sun Wukong (animation, 1968) (20)

Pak Yǒngil, director. 1968. Sǒnhwa kongju wa Son Ogong [Princess Sǒnhwa and Sun Wukong]. Segi sangsa chusik hoesa.

Red Monkey 赤猴行 (by Yi Saek, 14th c.) (5)

Yi Saek. Chŏkhu haeng [Red monkey]. In Mogŭnjip. Han’guk kojǒn chonghap DB.

Relief images on the pagoda of the Kyǒngch’ǒn Temple (1348) (30)

Kyǒngch’ǒn Temple, pagoda panels. 1348. National Museum of Korea.

Royal palaces (chapsang雜像, 17th c.) (4)

Ch’angdŏkkung suri togam ŭigwe. 1647, Microfilm, AKS: 103-104.

Sa o chŏng (“retirement at 45”, pun, 1990s) (1)

Sa O Chŏng [retirement at 45] (pun in South Korea, popular in 1990s)

Second meeting (NK short story, 1999) (3)

Han Ungbin. 1999. Tubŏntchae sangbong (“Second meeting”). Chosŏn munhak, Vol. 9, 48-59.

Seoul Lantern Festival 2017 (9)

Seoul Lantern Festival. 2017.

Son o kong (“ideal bride in North Korea”, pun) (1)

Son O Kong (pun in North Korea)

Son Ogong (movable type, 1922) (28)

Yi Kyuyong. 2001 [1922]. “Son Ogong”. In Syŏyugǔi, edited by Pak Chaeyŏn, and Yi Chaehong. Seoul: Ihoe munhwasa.

Son Ogong (short story, 1976) (4)

Yi Tongha. 1986. Son Ogong. In: Chŏngt’ong han’guk munhak taegye, Vol. 38. Seoul, Ŏmungak, 434-446.

Songs of Green Hills (sijo, 1728) (18)

Chŏng Pyŏnguk, ed. 1980. Sijo munhak sajŏn [Dictionary of sijo literature]. Sin’gu Munhwasa.

Songs of Korea (sijo, 1763) (2)

Park Ǔl-su. Han’guk sijo daesajŏn. Asea munhwasa, 1992: 537.

Sonokong (pun, brand name, 1996-) (1)

Sonokong (Name of a toy factory), http://www.sonokong.co.kr/Company/History

Sǒyugi (Beijing, 1984) (67)

O Sǔngǔn [chin. Wu Cheng’en]. 1984-1987. Sǒyugi [Journey to the West]. Translated by An Ǔiun. Bejing: Oegungmun ch’ulp’ansa.

Sŏyugi (Ch’oe Inhun, 1976) (37)

Ch’oe Inhun. 1971. Sŏyugi [Journey to the West]. Vol. 7 of Hyŏndae han’guk sinjak chŏnjip. Seoul: Ǔlyu munhwasa.

Sŏyugi (Ch’oe Inhun, 1977) (8)

Ch’oe Inhun. 2008. Sŏyugi [Journey to the West]. Vol. 3 of Ch’oe Inhun chǒnjip. Seoul: Munhak kwa chisǒngsa. (Orig. pub. 1977)

Sŏyugi (comic, Changchun, 1994) (41)

O Sǔngǔn [chin. Wu Cheng’en]. 1994. Sǒyugi. Yanji: Dongbei Chaoxian minzu jiaoyu chubanshe.

Sŏyugi (for elementary school kids, 2015) (43)

O Sǔngǔn [chin. Wu Cheng’en]. 2015b. Sǒyugi [Journey to the West]. Translated by Yi Kwangung. Seoul: Yerimdang.

Sǒyugi (Im Hongbin, Seoul, 2003) (67)

O Sǔngǔn [chin. Wu Cheng’en]. 2003. Sǒyugi [Journey to the West]. 10 volumes. Translated by Im Hongbin. Seoul: Munhak kwa chisǒngsa.

Sŏyugi (newspaper novel by Yi Inhwa, 2002) (36)

Yi Inhwa [Yu Ch’ǒlgyun]. 2002. Sŏyugi [Journey to the west]. In: Chosǒn Ilbo. September 2- December 30.

Sǒyugi (P’yǒngyang, 1991) (66)

O Sǔngǔn [chin. Wu Cheng’en]. 1991. Sǒyugi [Journey to the West]. Translated by Pak Kyǒngman. Pyǒngyang: Munye ch’ulp’ansa.

Sǒyugi (SNU, Seoul, 2004) (67)

O Sǔngǔn [chin. Wu Cheng’en]. 2004b. Sǒyugi [Journey to the West]. 10 volumes. Translated by Sǒul taehakkyo Sǒyugi pǒn’yǒk yǒn’guhoe [Seoul National University Xiyouji translation research team] Seoul: Sol.

Sǒyugi (Yŏnbyŏn, 1983) (67)

O Sǔngǔn [chin. Wu Cheng’en]. 1983-1984. Sǒyugi [Journey to the West], 3 volumes. Edited by Cho Hǔich’an, An Puksun. Yanji: Yŏnbyŏn inmin ch’ulp’ansa.

Sǒyugi (Yŏnbyŏn, 2015) (67)

Story of Nuclear Power With the Great Detective Sun Wukong (musical, 2012) (11)

Han’guk wǒnjaryǒk munhwa chaedan (Korea Nuclear Energy Foundation). 2012. Myŏngt’amjŏng Son Ogong kwa hamkke ttŏnanŭn wŏnjaryŏk iyagi [Story of nuclear power with the great detective Sun Wukong]

Syŏyugŭi (movable type, 1913) (46)

Pak Kŏnhoe. 2001 [1913-1914]. “Syŏyugǔi”. In Syŏyugǔi, edited by Pak Chaeyŏn, and Yi Chaehong. Seoul: Ihoe munhwasa.

Syŏyugŭi (woodblock print, 1856) (34)

Kim Tonguk, William E. Skillend, and Daniel Bouchez, eds. 1973b. “Syŏyugŭi” (1856). Kososŏl p’an’gakpon chŏnjip [Collection of woodblock prints of old novels], Vol. 4. Seoul: Nason sŏok.

Syǒyugǔi (“Deep Rooted Tree manuscript”) (66)

Sunch’ŏn sirip ppuri kip’ŭn namu pangmulgwan [Deep Rooted Tree Museum in Sunch’ŏn]. Ca. 1930. Syŏyugǔi [Journey to the West: Deep Rooted Tree manuscript].

Syǒyugǔi (“Keimyung manuscript”) (66)

Kim Yŏngjin, Pak Chaeyŏn, Kim Yŏng, No Sunjŏm, and Kim Minji. 2009. Syŏyugǔi: Kyemyŏng-dae Tongsan tosŏgwan-bon [Journey to the West: the manuscript in the Tongsan library at Keimyung University]. Seoul: Hakkobang.

Syǒyugǔi (“Yeungnam manuscript”) (66)

Pak Chaeyŏn, Ch’oe Hwan, Yi Chaehong, Kim Yŏng, and Kim Ayŏng. 2011. Syŏyugǔi: Yŏngnam taehakkyo sojangbon [Journey to the West: Yeungnam University manuscript]. Seoul: Hakkobang.

Syǒyugǔi (“Yonsei manuscript”) (59)

Kim Changhwan, Pak Chaeyŏn, and Kim Yŏng, eds. 2009. Syŏyugǔi: Yŏnsedae Chungang tosŏgwan-bon [Journey to the West: manuscript in the Yonsei University library]. Seoul: Hakkobang.

The Authentic Journey Seen Through Comics (Seoul, 2006) (67)

O Sǔngǔn [chin. Wu Cheng’en]. 2006. Manhwa ro ponǔn chinbon Sŏyugi [The authentic Journey seen through comics]. Seoul: Malgŭn sori.

The Authentic Journey to the West (Seoul, 1993) (67)

O Sǔngǔn [chin. Wu Cheng’en]. 1993. Chinbon Sǒyugi: kojŏn ǔl t’onghae paeunǔn tongyang ǔi k’ǔn chihye [The Authentic Journey to the West: The Great Eastern Wisdom We Learn through the Classics]. 6 volumes. Translated by Chungguk yŏnbyŏn inmin ch’ulp’ansa ponyŏkpu and Ri Wŏngil. Seoul: Tongbangin.

The Eastern Fantasy We Really Need to Know (Seoul, 2004) (67)

O Sǔngǔn [chin. Wu Cheng’en]. 2004. Uri ka chŏngmal araya hal tongyang p’ant’aji Sŏyugi [The Eastern fantasy we really have to know: The Journey to the West]. Translated by the translation team of Yŏnbyŏn inmin ch’ulp’ansa. Revised by Kim Sŏngjae. Seoul: Hyŏnamsa.

The Journey to the West for Adults (2019) (61)

Sŏng T’aeyong. 2019. Ǒrŭn ŭi Sŏyugi: Ch’ŏldŭlgo tasi ingnŭn, wŏnsungi puch’ŏ toenŭn kittongch’an iyagi [The Journey to the West for adults: the wonderful story of a monkey who becomes buddha (reread after having grown up)]. Seoul: Chŏngsin segyesa.

The Journey to the West for Recitation (2015) (47)

O Sǔngǔn [chin. Wu Cheng’en]. 2015a. Nangsong Sǒyugi [The Journey to the West for recitation]. Translated by Ch’oe Chǒngok. Seoul: BookDramang.

The Journey to the West Story (Yanbian, 1991) (46)

O Sǔngǔn [chin. Wu Cheng’en]. 1991b. Sǒyugi iyagi [Journey to the West story]. Adapted by Shen Bojun, translated by Nam Ch’angsong. Yanji: Dongbei Chaoxian minzu jiaoyu chubanshe.

The Tale of Emperor Taizong (20th c.) (23)

Park Yongsik, transl. 1995. Tang T’aejong chǒn. In: Kǔmbangul chǒn, Kim Wǒn chǒn, Nam Yun chǒn, Tang T’aejong chǒn, Yi Hwa chǒn. Seoul: Koryŏ taehakkyo. Minjok munhwa yŏn’guso.

The Wars Between Sun Wukong and the Stars (animation, 1978) (20)

Han Hŏnmyŏng, director. 1978. Son Ogong kwa pyŏldŭl ŭi chŏnjaeng [Sun Wukong’s star wars]. Samdo p’illim.

Wall paintings in the Maitreya Hall of T’ongdo Temple (18th c.) (17)

T’ongdo Temple, Maitreya Hall, wall paintings.

Yi Mallyǒn’s Journey (webtoon, 2013-16) (41)

Yi Mallyǒn. 2013-2016. Yi Mallyǒn Sǒyugi [Yi Mallyǒn’s Journey to the West]. Naver Webtoon.

type	title	count
characters	Monkey
characters	Monk
characters	Pig
characters	Sand Monster
characters	Horse
characters	Jade Emperor
characters	Subhūti
characters	Buddha
characters	Taizong
characters	Guanyin
characters	Bull Demon King
characters	Laozi
objects	Compliant Weapon
objects	Headband
objects	Scriptures
places	Flower-Fruit Mountain
places	Five-Phases Mountain
places	Tang
places	Heaven
places	West
places	Thunderclap Monastery
motifs	Transformation
motifs	Cloud Soaring
motifs	Shortening the Ground
motifs	Supernatural Abilities
motifs	Travel
motifs	Monsters & Hindrances
title	The Journey
author	Wu Cheng'en
episodes	1: Havoc in heaven
episodes	2: Search for Scripture Pilgrim
episodes	3: Tripitaka’s Childhood
episodes	3: Tripitaka’s Childhood
episodes	5: Grand Mass
episodes	6: Recruitment of Disciples
episodes	7: Widow and Three Daughters
episodes	8: Ginseng人參果
episodes	9: White-Bone Lady白骨夫人
episodes	10: Yellow Robe 黃袍郎
episodes	11: Silver Horn & Golden Horn銀角金角
episodes	12: Black Rooster Country烏雞國
episodes	13: Red Boy紅孩兒
episodes	14: Dragon King in Black River黑河
episodes	15: Cart Slow Country車遲國
episodes	16: Heaven-Reaching River通天河
episodes	17: Great King One-Horn獨角
episodes	18: Women State 女人國
episodes	19: Two Sun Wukongs
episodes	20: Mountain of Flames火焰山
episodes	21: Golden Light Monastery金光寺
episodes	22: Poetry at Brimble Ridge荊棘嶺
episodes	23: Small Thunderclap小雷音寺
episodes	24: Tuluo Village駝羅莊
episodes	25: Scarlet-Purple Kingdom朱紫國
episodes	26: Cobweb Cave盤絲洞
episodes	27: Lion-Camel Mountain獅駝嶺
episodes	28: Bhiksu Kingdom 比丘國
episodes	29: Bottomless Cave 無底洞
episodes	30: Dharma Destroying Kingdom 滅法國
episodes	31: Phoenix-Immortal Prefecture 鳳仙郡
episodes	32: Jade-Flower District 玉華縣
episodes	33: Gold-Level Prefecture 金平府
episodes	34: Kingdom of India 天竺國
episodes	35: Squire Kou 寇員外家
episodes	36: Obtaining the Scriptures 取經
episodes	37: Last Ordeal
episodes	38: Return to the East 歸東土

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Visualizations of the Journey to the West

by DongMyong Lee, Barbara Wall

List of the 67 integral elements

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Variations included in the study