Journey to the West

Author: Wu Cheng'en
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: The Journey to the West is one of the great classical novels of Chinese literature. Its main story is about Sun Wukong protecting Tang Sanzang on his journey to the West to retrieve sacred Buddhist scriptures, overcoming numerous challenges and defeating demons along the way, ultimately succeeding in his mission. The journey of Tang Sanzang to retrieve the scriptures is based on a real historical event. The Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang took over ten years to travel tens of thousands of miles from Chang'an to India, returning with over 600 Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures.