"Journey to the West" is a Chinese classic, the most outstanding one. "Journey to the West", Chinese classical novels mythical, China "four famous" one. Zang mentoring book tells the story of five Buddhist sutras, the performance of good and evil ancient theme. "Journey to the West," a book in the mid-16th century Ming Dynasty, generally considered the author of Wu Ming.
"Journey to the West" Author
Each of the "Journey to the West" are now published WuChengEn signature, but since the "Journey to the West" come out, it has been controversial for its author. Ming spread of "Journey to the West", the various versions are not signed.
"Chuji" said
"Journey to the West" with a lot of alchemy terminology, some passages from classic Quanzhen, Quanzhen founder Wang Chongyang skilled author, the second generation of the palm to teach Ma Danyang thought and his disciples, so the Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty priests, Scholars think that the "Journey to the West" is the Taoist alchemy book. Disciples of Taoism in the Qing Dynasty, and relegated 汪象旭 in "Journey to the West the book" are put forward, "Journey to the West" as Chuji written during the Southern Song Dynasty. After this observation suggested that the Qing Dynasty scholar mostly agree.