Journey to the North

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Title page of Journey to the North, in an early 20th century edition

Journey to the North (Chinese: 北遊記) is a 1602 Chinese shenmo novel by Yu Xiangdou (Chinese: 余象斗; died 1637). The book is considered to be one of the Four Journeys. The protagonist is the god Zhenwu.[1]

English translation[edit]

  • Journey to the North: An Ethnohistorical Analysis and Annotated Translation of the Chinese Folk Novel Pei-Yu Chi. Translated by Gary Seaman. University of California Press. 1988.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shahar, Meir (2017). "The Tantric Origins of the Horse King: Hayagrīva and the Chinese Horse Cult". In Bentor, Yael (ed.). Chinese and Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism. Brill Publishing. p. 177. ISBN 978-90-04-34049-7.