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Xi You Ji

Wu Cheng'en, Eleanor Hazard and others

  • 563 pages · about 9 hours
  • First published 1592
  • 132 editions
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1 About this book

Probably the most popular book in the history of the Far East, this classic combination of picaresque novel and folk epic mixes satire, allegory, and history into a rollicking tale. It is the story of the roguish Monkey and his encounters with major and minor spirits, gods, demigods, demons, ogres, monsters, and fairies.

Good for readers who want: adventure and a long read.

  • China
  • Adventure
  • Folklore
  • Legends
  • Catholic Church
  • Democracy
  • Biographical fiction
  • Biographical

2 About Wu Cheng'en

1500–1582

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.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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