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28 The Purple-Gold Bells

The Tang Monk and his three disciples left Mount Qijue and went on toward the west. One day, as they were traveling, they saw far ahead of them a walled city. The Tang Monk reined in his horse and called out, "Wukong, come and look. What place is that ahead of us?" Wukong leaped up onto a cloud and looked carefully, then reported to his Master, "On the apricot-yellow banner above the city wall are written three words, 'Kingdom of Zhuzi.'" The Tang Monk said, "The Kingdom of Zhuzi is a great state of the Western Continent of Cattle-Gifts. Let us go into the city and have our travel pass exchanged." Master and disciples entered the city. The people in the streets were neatly dressed and spoke in clear, pleasant tones, in no way inferior to the world of the Great Tang. The shopkeepers on either side of the street, struck by the strange looks of the four travelers, pressed forward in crowds to stare at them. The Tang Monk, fearing trouble, told his disciples to walk with their heads bowed. Bajie tucked his lotus-seed-pod snout into his robe and did not dare lift his head. But some idlers and urchins, not knowing any better, came crowding after them with hoots of laughter, tugging at their sleeves and pelting them with tiles and bricks, making sport of Bajie.

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