Wu Cheng'en

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Wu Cheng'en (traditional Chinese: 吳承恩; simplified Chinese: 吴承恩; pinyin: Wú Chéng'ēn, ca. 1500–1582), courtesy name Ruzhong (汝忠), was a Chinese novelist and poet of the Ming Dynasty. He was born in Huainan, Jiangsu. He studied in ancient Nanjing University for more than 10 years.

His most famous novel is Journey to the West in which a monk encounters the Flaming Mountains.[1] The novel has been enjoyed by many generations of Chinese and is the most popular Chinese classic folk novel. A popular English translation of the novel is by Arthur Waley and entitled Monkey. However, it has been condensed from the original three volume text to a single volume and is not suitable for study. It is, nonetheless. an excellent introduction to this monumental work and makes the uncondensed version easier to follow.

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  1. ^ Tourists Enjoy Sweltering Flaming Mountains. china.org.cn. Retrieved on 2007-09-18.

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