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  1. Journey to the West (Chinese: 西遊記; pinyin: Xīyóujì) is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en. It is regarded as one of the greatest Classic Chinese Novels, and has been described as arguably the most popular literary work in East Asia.

  2. Journey to the West, foremost Chinese comic novel, written by Wu Cheng’en, a novelist and poet of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). The novel is based on the actual 7th-century pilgrimage of the Buddhist monk Xuanzang (602–664) to India in search of sacred texts.

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  3. Oct 11, 2022 · Q: What is Journey to the West about? Journey to the West (西游记, Xīyóu Jì), is a Chinese novel written in the 16th century by Wu Cheng’en (吴承恩, Wú Chéng’ēn). It is probably the most famous and best-loved novel in China and is considered one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature.

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  5. Journey to the West is a fictionalized account of the legends surrounding the 16-year pilgrimage of the Buddhist monk Xuánzàng (602–664) to India during the Táng dynasty, to obtain Buddhist religious texts (sutras). Xuánzàng reached India after experiencing innumerable trials and hardships.

  6. Sep 5, 2023 · Journey to the West, a monumental novel composed of one-hundred chapters loosely divided into four sections, depicts the spiritual journey of Tripitaka, a Buddhist monk striving to retrieve...

  7. Jan 9, 2021 · The 100-chapter Journey to the West novel is an exciting but challenging read for anyone. To simplify this, here I present a super brief, yet complete, summary outlining the main events occurring in each chapter of the novel.

  8. Unit 7 Journey to the West. The powerful and mischievous Stone Monkey King brings chaos to heaven and earth. Freed from a mountain prison in order to guard a Chinese monk on his journey to retrieve the Buddhist scriptures from India, Monkey seeks his own spiritual transformation.

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