Title: The Death Sentence

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Title: The Death Sentence Title Record # 2062615
Author: uncredited
Date: 1971-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: 西遊記 / Monkey
Language: English

Note: Translated by unknown. Excerpt from Chapter 10 of Journey to the West.

Synopsis: The king dreams that a dragon comes to him and begs for protection, because one of the king's courtiers will kill the dragon the following day. The king promises. He keeps the courtier occupied all day on the morrow, until near midnight the courtier falls asleep. But then a bloody dragon head falls from the sky. The courtier wakes and says, "I just dreamed that I killed a dragon."

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Year	Title
1971^ⓘExcerpt from Chapter 10 of The Journey to the West. Translated by unknown (it is not identical to the Arthur Waley translation). Translated by Anthony Kerrigan	The Death Sentence [as by Wu Ch'êng-ên]

Year	Language	Title
1955^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand	Spanish	La sentencia [as by Wu Ch'êng-ên]
1969^ⓘTranslated by Clarice Lispector	Portuguese	A sentença [as by Wei Cheng • en]

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