The book, Monkey King 3, is the story of Sun Wukong (¿¿¿), a mythical character from the Chinese classical novel Journey to the West (¿¿¿). The book includes both the Chinese text (simplified characters) and pinyin in the story form. The "Monkey King" series books narrate early adventures of the ape king Sun Wukong who later accompanied Tang Sanzang (¿¿¿) to fetch the Buddhist scripture from India (¿¿). The current volume, a sequel to the Monkey King 2, is the fifth book in the Mandarin Chinese Reading series. Each of the "Monkey King" volumes, made of about 600 characters, would be suitable for the lower intermediate to advanced level Chinese language learners (HSK 1-6). Overall, the initial volumes in the "Monkey King" series books are the elementary level books (Level 1) to practice Mandarin Chinese reading fast. The book has 10 chapters in the following order: ¿¿¿: Appeasement of Sun Wukong ¿¿¿: Home Garden Peaches ¿¿¿: The Angels ¿¿¿: The Heavenly Nectar ¿¿¿: The pills of life ¿¿¿: The Angry Lord of the Heavens ¿¿¿: Sun Wukong and Yang Oerlang ¿¿¿: The Ape King Was Captured ¿¿¿: Calling the Buddha ¿¿¿: Buddha and Sun Wukong