Journey to the West

The Boat With No Bottom

Arrival 8, the crossing at Lingyun

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On a wide river a boatman poles a boat forward with the travelers standing aboard.
Illustration from Master Li Zhuowu’s Commentary on Journey to the West, Ming woodblock, 1620sOriginal

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One river was left below the mountain. The water was wide and loud, and there was no bridge in sight.

A single log lay across it upstream. Sanzang looked at that and stepped back, and Bajie said he could not cross it either.

Then a boat came up from downstream. When it drew close they could see inside, and it had no bottom.

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