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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.
Journey to the West (Xiyou-ji) is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. It was originally published anonymously in the 1590s during the Ming Dynasty. There is no surviving direct evidence of its authorship, but since the twentieth century, it has been ascribed to the scholar Wú Chéng'ēn (1506? – 1582?).
Oct 13, 2013 · Though we cannot even be sure who wrote Journey to the West (it was not confidently attributed to Wu Cheng’en until the 20th century; his authorship is probable, but not undisputed by scholars ...
The question of who wrote Journey to the West remains open to debate, given the absence of definitive evidence. Initially written and published anonymously in the 1590s, the novel has been largely attributed to Wu Cheng’en (1506?–1582?), a renowned novelist and poet from the Ming period, since the 20th century.
Wu Cheng'en's Journey to the West is a meandering, fictionalized account of an actual seventh-century pilgrimage to India made by Xuanzang, a Chinese Buddhist monk searching for sacred texts....
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Journey to the West is published anonymously, most likely by scholar and writer Wu Ch’eng-en. 1889 Arthur Waley is born in England; as a young man, he teaches himself Chinese and Japanese and becomes his generation’s leading literary translator of both languages. 1942 Waley’s translation of Journey to the West, called Monkey, is published
Introduction. "Journey to the West" is a classic Chinese novel written by Wu Cheng'en during the Ming Dynasty. It is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature and is based on the real-life pilgrimage of the Buddhist monk Xuanzang to India in the 7th century.
