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Wu Cheng'en

Born

in Lianshui, Jiangsu, China

September 22, 1505

Died

October 03, 1580

Website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Cheng_en

Genre

Classics, Religion, Philosophy

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Wu Cheng'en (simplified Chinese: 吴承恩; traditional Chinese: 吳承恩; pinyin: Wú Chéng'ēn, ca. 1505–1580 or 1500–1582, courtesy name Ruzhong (汝忠), pen name "Sheyang Hermit," was a Chinese novelist and poet of the Ming Dynasty, best known for being the probable author of one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, Journey to the West, also called Monkey. ...more

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Average rating: 4.13 · 16,586 ratings · 1,683 reviews · 403 distinct works • Similar authors

	Monkey: The Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en, Arthur Waley (Translator/Adapter), Hu Shih (Introduction) 4.04 avg rating — 7,183 ratings — published 1592 — 143 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journey to the West (4-Volume Boxed Set) by Wu Cheng'en, W.J.F. Jenner (Translator) 4.34 avg rating — 2,273 ratings — published 1592 — 289 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monkey King by Wu Cheng'en, Julia Lovell (Translation) 4.10 avg rating — 1,991 ratings — published 1592 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Journey to the West, Volume 1 by Wu Cheng'en, Anthony C. Yu (Translator) 4.25 avg rating — 1,701 ratings — published 1592 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Journey to the West, Volume 2 by Wu Cheng'en, Anthony C. Yu (Translator) 4.33 avg rating — 790 ratings — published 1592 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Journey to the West, Volume 3 by Wu Cheng'en, Anthony C. Yu (Translator) 4.33 avg rating — 635 ratings — published 1592 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Journey to the West, Volume 4 by Wu Cheng'en, Anthony C. Yu (Translator) 4.39 avg rating — 568 ratings — published 1592 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Monkey and the Monk: An Abridgment of The Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en, Anthony C. Yu (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 351 ratings — published 2006 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Opičí král by Wu Cheng'en, Zdenka Heřmanová (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	西遊記（上） 4.39 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Wu Cheng'en

The Journey to the West (4 books)
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Anthony C. Yu (Translator)

4.30 avg rating — 3,692 ratings

Reise nach Westen (6 books)
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4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings

Путешествие на запад. Пересказ для детей (5 books)
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У Чэн-энь,

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Хэ Юань (Narrator),

А. Аллаберт (Translator)

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Quotes by Wu Cheng'en (?)

“Nothing in this world is difficult, but thinking makes it seem so. Where there is true will, there is always a way.”
― Wu Cheng'en, Monkey: A Journey to the West

tags: inspirational, wisdom

61 likes

“Even amidst fierce flames the golden lotus can be planted"

- Sylvia Plath's epitaph (from Wu Cheng'en's novel Journey to the West aka. Monkey, translated by Arthur Waley)”
― Wu Cheng'en

tags: epitaph, sylvia-plath, ted-hughes, truths

35 likes

“A team of horses cannot overtake a word that has left the mouth.”
― Wu Cheng'en, Monkey

20 likes

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OCTOBER FANTASY: This poll decides which two books will go on to the run off poll for the October 2014 Fantasy BOTM.

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente

26 votes, 37.1%

The Element of Fire by Martha Wells

14 votes, 20.0%

A Sorcerer's Treason by Sarah Zettel

10 votes, 14.3%

Monkey: The Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en

10 votes, 14.3%

The Drawing of the Dark by Tim Powers

10 votes, 14.3%

70 total votes

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