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Journey to the West

Journey to the West

by Wu Cheng'en

A fantastical Buddhist tale of epic proportions. Gods, demons, and humans make up the cast of characters. It is based on traditional Chinese folktales and has a mythic quality.

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A fantastical Buddhist tale of epic proportions. Gods, demons, and humans make up the cast of characters. It is based on traditional Chinese folktales and has a mythic quality.

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Wu Cheng'en

Wu Cheng'en

Wu Cheng'en (traditional Chinese: 吳承恩; simplified Chinese: 吴承恩; pinyin: Wú Chéng'ēn; Wade–Giles: Wu2 Ch‘êng2-ên1; Jyutping: Ng4 Sing4 Jan1, c. 1500 – 1582 or 1505–1580), courtesy name Ruzhong (汝忠), was a Chinese novelist, poet, and politician during the Ming dynasty. He is considered by many to be the author of Journey to the West, one of the Classic Chinese Novels. Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Cheng'en

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