Abbreviations and Conventions
These abbreviations are used in the translation and notes:
C | Chongzhen edition |
I Ching | The I Ching, or Book of Changes (Richard Wilhelm translation rendered into English by Cary F. Baynes) |
JW | The Journey to the West, trans. Anthony C. Yu (2012 ed.) (with volume and page numbers) |
j | juan, chapter |
K | Kongqingshi edition |
T | Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō (with the number of the sutra or work in the collection, volume number, and page number, separated by periods) |
X | Xuzangjing (with the number of the sutra or work in the collection, volume number, and page number, separated by periods) |
XYJ | Wu Cheng’en, Xiyou ji, 2 vols. (Beijing: Renmin Wenxue, 1980) (with chapter and page numbers, separated by a period) |
Full bibliographical data are listed in the bibliography. Distances and other units of measure in the text have been translated to approximate US equivalents.