Journeys to the Under-World

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The Travel Notes in Hell
Author	Yangsheng (楊生)
Country	China
Language	Chinese
Genre(s)	Occult novel
Publication date	1976
Media type	Print (Paperback)

The Travel Notes in Hell ( Chinese:地獄遊記 Pinyin: dì yù yóu jì), so called Journeys to The Under-World, is a Chinese novel, describing what Yangsheng(楊生) who was a planchette handler saw and heard when he follow his master Daoji (濟公 Pinyin: jì gōng) to visit Hell on instructions of the Jade Emperor. The Jade was issued on the 15th day in 8th moon(8th Sep, 1976) with the express intention of helping and saving human beings.

The details and conversations of each Journey were written in Chinese characters on the planchette board during each planchette session held in Sheng Xian Tang-the words were read aloud and recorded on paper for compilation— a very tedious and time-consuming process. The visits were generally made at night time.

The purpose of this Book is to enable people to understand what happens to one's soul after death, to let readers realise that it pays to do more good deeds, when still alive. Through the story, the writer wants to bring out a message about not doing evil.