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Wu Cheng'en

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born

December 22, 1504 in Lianshui, Jiangsu, China

died

December 22, 1579

gender

male

website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Cheng_en

genre

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

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Wu Cheng'en (simplified Chinese: 吴承恩; traditional Chinese: 吳承恩; pinyin: Wú Chéng'ēn, ca. 1505–1580 or 1500–1582, courtesy name Ruzhong (汝忠), pen name "Sheyang Hermit," was a Chinese novelist and poet of the Ming Dynasty, best known for being the probable author of one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, Journey to the West, also called Monkey.

Monkey is the dubbed English language version of the Japanese television series Saiyūki (西遊記?). It was originally produced by Nippon Television (NTV) and International Television Films in association with NHK. The show is unusual in that it was performed by Japanese actors in China and then dubbed into English. The English language version was produced by the BBC and broadcast in...more

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Books by Wu Cheng'en

Average rating: 4.10 · 1,840 ratings · 221 reviews · 11 distinct works

	Monkey: The Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en, Arthur Waley (Translator), Hu Shih (Introduction) 4.03 avg rating — 1,417 ratings — published 1942 — 52 editions	My rating:
	The Journey to the West, Volume 1 by Wu Cheng'en, Anthony C. Yu (Translator) 4.38 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1980 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Journey to the West, Volume 2 by Wu Cheng'en, Anthony C. Yu (Translator) 4.32 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1983 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Journey to the West, Volume 3 by Wu Cheng'en, Anthony C. Yu (Translator) 4.36 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Journey to the West, Volume 4 by Wu Cheng'en, Anthony C. Yu (Translator) 4.41 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1984	My rating:
	The Monkey King's Amazing Adventures: A Journey to the West in Search of Enlightenment by Wu Cheng'en, Daniel Kane, Timothy Richard 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	Journey to the West, Volume I 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1570	My rating:
	Journey to the West, Volume II 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	La pérégrination vers l'ouest Livres XI-XX 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	La pérégrination vers l'ouest Livres I-X 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:

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Quotes by Wu Cheng'en

“Nothing in this world is difficult, but thinking makes it seem so. Where there is true will, there is always a way.”
― Wu Cheng'en, Monkey: A Journey to the West

tags: inspirational , wisdom

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“Wife indeed!" laughed Monkey. "You haven't got a wife now. There are some sorts of Taoists that are family men; but who ever heard of a Buddhist priest calmly talking about his 'wife'?”
― Wu Cheng'en, Monkey: The Journey to the West

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“After Supper the Master dismissed all except Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha the Monk. He took them out with him and said, "Look at that wonderful moolight. It makes me long for the time when I can return home.”
― Wu Cheng'en, Monkey: The Journey to the West

tags: chinese-literature , monkey , travel

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Polls

April Fantasy Theme: Asian and Middle Eastern Flavoured Fantasy

Eon: Dragoneye Reborn, by Alison Goodman

54 votes, 22.7%

Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was, by Barry Hughart

53 votes, 22.3%

Across the Nightingale Floor, by Lian Hearn

42 votes, 17.6%

The Bhagavad Gita, by Anonymous

23 votes, 9.7%

Snake Agent, by Liz Williams

19 votes, 8.0%

The Desert of Souls, by Howard Andrew Jones

19 votes, 8.0%

Monkey: A Folk Novel of China, by Wu Cheng'en

17 votes, 7.1%

Heart of the Ronin, by Travis Heermann

11 votes, 4.6%

238 total votes

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