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Quotation from Journey to the West (A Mission to Heaven) by Wu Cheng'en
“He found all men were in search of fame or riches, and none sought for everlasting life.”
Journey to the West (A Mission to Heaven), Chapter I, trans. Timothy Richard (1913)
Dressed as a man, the Monkey wanders among people looking for the immortals and finds them busy with worldly aims.
Citation: "He found all men were in search of fame or riches, and none sought for everlasting life." — 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-q2)
Portrait: Xiyou, Anonymous, Public domain.
