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| Original Title | 新西遊記 |
|---|---|
| Author | 久生 十蘭 |
| Genre | Popular Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | Driven by a scholar's dilemma, Yamaguchi Chikai, a young Japanese monk, conceives an audacious plan: to journey to the heart of Tibet and retrieve the complete Buddhist Canon, believed to hold the true teachings of Śākyamuni. The existing Chinese translations are riddled with errors, and Chikai feels an urgent, sacred duty to correct them. Yet, Tibet is a fiercely isolated kingdom, guarded by towering mountain ranges, a brutal climate, and a people whose fanatical faith sanctions unimaginable cruelties against outsiders. With only a fragile map, a few books, and a profound personal vow, Chikai embarks on a twelve-hundred-ri detour through treacherous glaciers and desolate plains, facing starvation, frostbite, and the constant threat of discovery. His journey to Lhasa is not just a physical ordeal but a test of his very soul, as he confronts a world designed to break any who dare challenge its sanctity. Can one solitary monk's unwavering devotion pierce the veil of the world's most forbidden land and unearth a spiritual legacy, or is he destined to vanish amidst its unforgiving peaks? |
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