u/kristw

Journey to the West (西游记) is one of the greatest epics ever written and I wanted to see what the whole thing looked like as data. Every character, location, and story arc across all 100 chapters, explorable in one place.

https://journey-to-the-west.datasorbet.io/

Data Sources:

• Wu, C. (2001). Journey to the West (W. J. F. Jenner, Trans.). Foreign Languages Press. (Original work published ca. 16th century)
• Wu, C. (2012). Journey to the West (A. C. Yu, Trans.; Rev. ed.). University of Chicago Press. (Original work published ca. 16th century)
• Wong, I. (n.d.). Journey to the West novel summary. Journey to the West Library. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
• Lee, X. (n.d.). Monkey King: The Journey to the West. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
• Wikipedia contributors. (n.d.). List of Journey to the West characters. Wikipedia. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
• Fo Guang Shan 佛光山. (2013-2025). Journey to the West. Chinese Notes. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Retrieved June 19, 2025.

Tools used

Typescript, React, Next.js, OpenCode, Midjourney, Claude, Gemini