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February 08, 2008
The Monkey & The Monk
I've been memed (the blogger version of a chain letter) by the good folks over at Registan, and in my infinite boredom related to the Chinese New Year slowdown I've decided to respond. So, let's see... what are the rules here?
Pick up the book closest to you when you receive this meme. Flip to page 123. Identify the first five full sentences on that page. Then post the three sentences coming directly after that sentence. (That's the 6th, 7th, and 8th sentence for us laymen.)
The book lying next to my bed this morning happened to be The Monkey & The Monk, an abridged translation of Journey to the West written by Anthony C. Yu. I received it as a Christmas gift this year. And now for the three sentences you've all been waiting for:
"Having bitten the sow to death and killed the rest of the litter, I took over this mountain ranch and passed my days eating people. Little did I expect to run into the Bodhisattva. Save me, I implore you!"
You gotta love Zhu Bajie, everyone's favorite idiotic rake-wielding pig-faced reformed cannibal!
Now I must tag five other unfortunate souls to participate in the meme. And the winners are... "Barbershop" Ben Ross of Fuzhou fame, Dave over at the ever-enjoyable yet inaccessible Mutant Palm, Vincent — a fellow Xinjiang blogger — from Outback of the Orient, John over at Sinosplice (did you know that he's lived in China for 7.534 years?)... and, taking it outside the China blogosphere, Elana of the fantastic Iraqistan.
If you've never checked out Iraqistan, don't waste another moment. I've known Elana since middle school, and she's been blogging (somewhat anonymously) from her tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan for a few years now. Very funny — and sometimes very sad — stuff about life in uniform.
posted February 08, 2008 at 10:19 AM unofficial Xinjiang time | HaoHao This!
Comments
When it comes to Chinese cannibals, you can't be Zhang Qing the Vegetable Gardener. It is some serious Texas Chainsaw Massacre stuff. And Li Kui the Black Whirlwind ate his imposter.
I do so love Outlaws on the Marsh.
Posted by: Tiako at February 9, 2008 04:10 AM