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Quotation from Journey to the West (A Mission to Heaven) by Wu Cheng'en
“Although I am happy now, I am not without fear of future shadow.”
Journey to the West (A Mission to Heaven), Chapter I, trans. Timothy Richard (1913)
At a feast the Monkey King weeps, explaining that old age and death will come even to the happy monkeys; his fear sends him across the sea to seek immortality.
Citation: "Although I am happy now, I am not without fear of future shadow." — Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West (A Mission to Heaven), Chapter I, trans. Timothy Richard (1913). (id journey-to-the-west-a-mission-to-heaven-q1)
Portrait: Xiyou, Anonymous, Public domain.
