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Quotation from Journey to the West (A Mission to Heaven) by Wu Cheng'en

“They had travelled 10,000 li, and crossed a thousand rivers, in the daily hope of seeing Buddha at last.”

Wu Cheng'en (spoken by Narrator)

Journey to the West (A Mission to Heaven), Chapter XCVIII, trans. Timothy Richard (1913)

Portrait of Wu Cheng'en

The pilgrims stand before the Great Hero Hall on the Spiritual Mountain at the end of their journey.

Citation: "They had travelled 10,000 li, and crossed a thousand rivers, in the daily hope of seeing Buddha at last." — Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West (A Mission to Heaven), Chapter XCVIII, trans. Timothy Richard (1913). (id journey-to-the-west-a-mission-to-heaven-q8)

Portrait: Xiyou, Anonymous, Public domain.

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