"Journey to the West" is a Chinese classic, the most outstanding one. "Journey to the West", Chinese Classical Novels of China's "four classic" 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 is Ming Wu Cheng-en.
"Journey to the West" author
Now published each present "Journey to the West" are signed by Wu Cheng-en, but since the "Journey to the West" come out, its author has been controversial. Ming spread of "Journey to the West", various versions are not signed.
"Chuji" said
"Journey to the West" a term used a lot of alchemy, some passages from classic Quanzhen, the author skillfully Quanzhen founder Quanzhen, the second generation of the palm to teach Ma Danyang and thought his disciples, so the Ming dynasty, the Qing Dynasty priests, Scholars think that the "Journey to the West" is the Taoist alchemy book. Disciples of Taoism in the Qing Dynasty, and Wang Xiangxu at relegated to "Journey to the West book" are put forward, "Journey to the West" is written Chuji when the Southern Song Dynasty. After this observation suggested that the Qing Dynasty scholar mostly agree.