Journey to the West

Two Men Up the Pagoda

Greed 6, three years in Jisai

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A tall pagoda rises into the sky above temple roofs and trees.
Illustration from Master Li Zhuowu’s Commentary on Journey to the West, Ming woodblock, 1620sOriginal

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Inside the city wall stood a monastery. The men sweeping the yard wore cangues on their necks, and irons were locked on their feet.

They were monks. Sanzang stopped walking and looked at them, and one of them raised his head.

“Three years ago the treasure in the pagoda was lost.” He said that and lowered his head again. “From that day it was we who had taken it.”

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