西方人如何看中国的古典名著《西游记》

Tom Fan, lives in China

I have read the book since i was a child, it bring me profound joy. And I love the related TV series in Chinese version.

还小时就看过这本名著。喜欢看《西游记》这部电视

Robert Free, lived in ChinaA great explanation of the limitations of the mind. The book is great and a fun read and the Japanese TV series is even more fun.

《西游记》很好地解释了心灵的极限。

这本书很棒，能带来阅读乐趣，日本拍的《西游记》就更搞笑了

Richard Seeto, because of my interest in its history and the way it has been exploited & rubbis

I have not read the book but I have seen the Japanese produced TV series and it is a great movie adventure enjoyed by most Westerners especially their children.

However, as far as Western people are concerned, it is just a surface interest and deep interest involve deep study of the classic.

我没有看过这本书，看过日本拍的《西游记》电视连续剧，算是一步伟大的冒险电影，大多数西方人喜欢看，特别是小孩子

西方人看《西游记》，只看个表面，要深入了解的话，你得研究这部古典名著才行。

Banson Chong, Passionate about Dr Suns "Three Principals for the People".

"Journey to the West" is ranked one of the top 4 classical works in the Chinese literary world, but definitely not well known amongst the general Western readership - save and excepting those who are familiar with Chinese classics.

《西游记》是中国4大古典名著之，在西方读者中知名度不大

Helena Štěpánová, Living in China.

I think many Westerners know it exists (or at least they have heard of Monkey King/Sun Wukong as a character) and a lot of them have seen some of the adaptations (the Chinese TV series from 1986 used to be very popular in my country).But I'm pretty sure only a few have actually read it.

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我觉得很多西方人知道这部名著，至少他们听说过孙悟空。很多人看过改编后的《西游记》，中国86版的《西游记》以前在我的国家很受欢迎的。不过看过《西游记》这本书的应该很少。

That being said, Westerners are more likely to enjoy Journey to the West than any other of the 4 great classics. Even if you know next to nothing about Chinese history, mythology and culture, you can still enjoy the book as a fantastic adventure. It's got monsters, demons, immortals and magic; furthermore, narratives about great journeys (physical as well as spiritual) have had a long tradition in the West.

在中国四大名著中，西方人更喜欢看《西游记》吧。即便你不了解中国历史和文化，你还是可以把《西游记》当做一部分冒险小说来品味的，有降服妖魔鬼怪的故事，去西天取经这样的故事在西方是有市场的。

Not to mention the Monkey is a bit of a trickster with a rather profound individualistic streak and we tend to like that.

(I guess Water Margin might also be quite accessible to general Western readership, though most people I know would probably have a bit of a problem with all the names. ;-)

But Dream of the Red Chamber and Romance of the Three Kingdoms might be a bit daunting for an average Westerner to read through.)

《红楼梦》和《三国演义》，西方人就比较难看懂了。

Ian Mote, I have lived in Shanghai 7 years & have been to every Chinese province

Westerners coming to China will know it as it is a very popular story here that is still regularly made into new films & TV.

I actually read it, at 1800 pages took some time but I made it in the end. It is pretty easy to read & there are regular episodic stories as they meet other creatures & challenges along their way

Tha said, most people in the UK wouldn't have heard of it, unless as others mentioned here they are of a certain age that they watched the Japanese-made Kung fu-heavy version on 80s kids' TV. And we all remember the funky theme tune!

来中国的西方人，当然会知道《西游记》是大家耳熟能详的故事，还拍成了电视和电影。

我花了一些时间，终于看完了这本书。读起来不难啊，每个章节讲述师徒四人西天取经碰到某个妖魔鬼怪，讲述他们如何迎接挑战的。

大多数英国人没有听过《西游记》，一些中年人看过日本拍的功夫版西游记。我们都还记得那首主题曲呢！

Andy Lee Chaisiri, 100% Human

Westerners mainly know it as Dragon Ball

Dragon Ball came to America a bit later than South America (and some European countries I think) and was very well received as American weren’t used to such intense action and adventurous world building in cartoon/comic form.

The Japanese "Journey to the West" TV show also played in various European countries before Dragon Ball.

西方人一般知道的是《七龙珠》

日本拍摄的《西游记》电视先于《七龙珠》在欧洲国家播放。

Jimmy Y. Zhong, Knows about Chinese history like the back of my palm

An average Westerner/Caucasian/White person would not think of “Journey to the West” because he/she has not been taught about this in school and probably will NEVER think about it unless he/she traveled to China and East Asia. Ordinary westerners think lowly of Chinese and Asians in generally, so don’t expect them to know anything specific or fancy about your history, language, and/or culture. Western sinologists and Chinese studies scholars are excluded, of course.

西方人是没听过《西游记》的，他们读书时没有教，不去中国的话，也许永远不会听说。

西方人瞧不起中国人，瞧不起亚洲人，别指望他们会去了解你们的历史、语言和文化。

西方的汉学家和中国学者才会感兴趣吧

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