Even for Chinese people, Journey to the West is a somewhat difficult text because it belongs to classical literature. Using some children's books published in recent years, and progressing gradually, might be a better approach?
This is a simplified version: Journey to the West in Easy Chinese by Jeff Pepper and Xiao Hui Wang. Otherwise, I would definitely have waited a bit before biting off something like this.
gcanyon|2 months ago
More: https://triviumpursuit.com/childrens-books-in-words-of-one-s...
bitwize|2 months ago
simedw|2 months ago