Journey to the West

by Wu Cheng'en

The great and powerful Monkey King has been imprisoned by the Buddha under the Five Elements Mountain for using his powers to wreak havoc in the Heavenly Kingdom. 500 years later, the Monkey King is freed by the Tang monk Tripitaka and becomes his disciple. Together with Monk Pig and Friar Sand they set out on a journey towards the Western Heaven. The thrilling Chinese fantasy novel, well known and beloved across many countries and centuries, has now been made into a comic book!!

191 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

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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.