Journey to the West Volume IV

by Wu Cheng'en

The author of the novel, Wu Cheng-En lived approximately 1500-1582 years. The main work of his life was the novel "Journey to the West" on the journey of Xuan Zang and his companions in India, for the holy books. The novel is written in simple, close to the spoken language and the long time it does not apply to high literature. "Journey to the West" was the first in China's fantastic novel written by a professional writer is not for oral performance before an audience, and read.

Paperback

Published January 1, 1990

About the author

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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.