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Introduction
Journey to the West
is one of the four
greatest stories from China. This story was
written by Wu Cheng-en in 1592. The story was
based on a real monk’s journey. The monk went
from the capital of the Ming Empire to India.
The monk was Sanzang (602–664). Wu Cheng-
en’s story is about fourteen years of Sanzang’s
journey. Sanzang’s translation of the holy
Buddhist books is still used today.