The book, Chinese Reading Practice, is the life story of Zhu Bajie (¿¿¿, Pigsy), a mythical character from the Chinese classical novel Journey to the West (¿¿¿), who, after certain initial adventures, accompanied Tang Sanzang (¿¿¿) to fetch the Buddhist scripture from India (¿¿). The volume, eighth in the Mandarin Chinese Reading Series, includes both the Chinese text (simplified characters) and pinyin in the story form. With about 600 unique characters, the volume would be suitable for the beginners, lower intermediate and advanced level Chinese language learners (HSK 1-6). Overall, the Mandarin Chinese Reading Series offers you a variety of elementary level books (Level 1/2) to learn Chinese culture as well as practice Chinese reading fast.


The book has 10 chapters in the following order:
¿¿¿: Journey to the West (¿¿¿)
¿¿¿: Pigsy (¿¿¿)
¿¿¿¿Facts about Pigsy (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)
¿¿¿¿Pigsy and Moon Goddess (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)
¿¿¿¿Meeting Tang San Zang (¿¿¿¿¿)
¿¿¿¿Preexistence of Pigsy (¿¿¿¿¿¿)
¿¿¿¿The nine-toothed rake (¿¿¿¿)
¿¿¿¿Good Personality traits of Pigsy (¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)
¿¿¿¿Bad Personality traits of Pigsy (¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)
¿¿¿¿The Cleanser of the Altars (¿¿¿¿)