Illustrations from the Chongzhen Edition
Some illustrations in the Chongzhen edition have no caption or explanatory label; others are somewhat enigmatic, leaving their relationship to the text open to interpretation. The images were paginated separately; our captions include the original page numbers on the illustrations. Only a few illustrations had original captions; those are enclosed in quotation marks. The other captions are of our composition. All illustrations here are from the Chongzhen edition, reproduced with permission of the National Library of China.
FIGURE 1. Pilgrim Sets Off. Illustration 1a from Xiyou bu.
FIGURE 2. “The Green Bamboo Broom.” Illustration 1b from Xiyou bu.
FIGURE 3. Chiseling the Sky. Illustration 2a from Xiyou bu.
FIGURE 4. “Rock for Repairing the Sky.” Illustration 2b from Xiyou bu.
FIGURE 5. Xiang Yu Kills Fair Lady Yu. Illustration 3a from Xiyou bu.
FIGURE 6. “The Flower Mirror.” Illustration 3b from Xiyou bu.
FIGURE 7. “Fair Lady Yu.” Illustration 4a from Xiyou bu.
FIGURE 8. “Green Pearl.” Illustration 4b from Xiyou bu.
FIGURE 9. Pilgrim as Yama in Hell. Illustration 5a from Xiyou bu.
FIGURE 10. “Three-Foot-Long Sword.” Illustration 5b from Xiyou bu.
FIGURE 11. “A Reedy Bank.” Illustration 6a from Xiyou bu.
FIGURE 12. “The Mountain-Ridding Bell.” Illustration 6b from Xiyou bu.
FIGURE 13. Pilgrim Returns to the World of the Green. Illustration 7a from Xiyou bu.
FIGURE 14. “Red Cords.” Illustration 7b from Xiyou bu.
FIGURE 15. Pilgrim’s Final Battle. Illustration 8a from Xiyou bu.
FIGURE 16. “A Bamboo Strip Book.” Illustration 8b from Xiyou bu.