Journey to the West

Author: Wu Cheng'en
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Publish Date: 2002-05-10
Features: This is a fantasy comedy centered around mythical and supernatural characters, depicting how Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing protect Tang Sanzang on his journey to the West to retrieve the True Scriptures, overcoming eighty-one trials and ultimately achieving enlightenment. Within this grand framework, countless celestial beings, spirits, demons, and monsters enter and exit, fighting, crying, laughing, and facing life and death around the Tang Priest and his disciples. Hu Shi described it as "a very interesting and humorous novel." The greatest artistic achievement of Journey to the West lies in the creation of the unique and iconic characters of Sun Wukong, a proud, powerful, freedom-loving, and courageous figure, and Zhu Bajie, a simple, humorous, lazy, greedy, and lustful character. These two characters have become treasures of Chinese literature.