Xi you ji
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At the end of the Ming Dynasty, someone called Three Kingdoms, Outlaws of the Marsh, Journey to the West and Jin Ping Mei China's four outstanding novels.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, someone called Three Kingdoms, Outlaws of the Marsh, Journey to the West and Jin Ping Mei China's four outstanding novels.
Amid the Three Islands Sun Wu-k'ung seeks a cure; With sweet dew Kuan-shih-yin revives a tree.
About this book
Probably the most popular book in the history of the Far East, this classic combination of picaresque novel and folk epic mixes satire, allegory, and history into a rollicking tale. It is the story of the roguish Monkey and his encounters with major and minor spirits, gods, demigods, demons, ogres, monsters, and fairies.
Themes & subjects
Buddhist PriestsChinese Folk literatureChinese fictionFictionFolkloreJapanese language
First published 1900Characters & people
Setting
ChinaZhong guoMing dynasty, 1368-1644Ming dai
About the authors
Wu Cheng'en
ca. 1500 – ca. 1582.
16th century Chinese novelist, poet, and politician during the Ming dynasty.
Chʻeng-en Wu
ca. 1500 – ca. 1582
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