Journey to the West
By Wu Cheng'en
1592
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《西游记》是中国古典四大名著之一，是由明代小说家吴承恩整理创作的中国古代第一部浪漫主义的长篇神魔小说。主要描写了孙悟空、猪八戒、沙僧三人保护唐僧西行取经，唐僧从投胎到取经归来共遇到八十一难，一路降妖伏魔，化险为夷，最后到达西天、取得真经的故事。《西游记》自问世以来在中国乃至世界各地广为流传，被翻译成多种语言。孙悟空的形象，以其鲜明的个性特征，在中国文学史上立起了一座不朽的艺术丰碑。《西游记》不仅内容极其丰富，故事情节完整严谨，而且人物塑造鲜活、丰满，想象多姿多彩，语言也朴实通达，在思想境界、艺术境界上都达到了前所未有的高度，可谓集大成者。
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Author
Wu Cheng'en
Author · 18 books
Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database. 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.
