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Wu Cheng'en


Born
in Lianshui, Jiangsu, China
September 22, 1505

Died
October 03, 1580

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Genre
Classics, Religion, Philosophy


Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

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 · 19,823 ratings · 2,089 reviews · 460 distinct works • Similar authors
Monkey: The Journey to the ...
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4.04 avg rating — 7,900 ratings — published 1592 — 140 editions
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Monkey King
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4.08 avg rating — 3,158 ratings — published 1592 — 13 editions
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Journey to the West (4-Volu...
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4.34 avg rating — 2,603 ratings — published 1592 — 286 editions
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The Journey to the West, Vo...
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The Monkey and the Monk: An...
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西遊記（上）
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Series by Wu Cheng'en

The Journey to the West, Vo... The Journey to the West, Vo... The Journey to the West, Vo... The Journey to the West, Vo...
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Reise nach Westen 1 Reise nach Westen 2 Reise nach Westen 4 Reise nach Westen 3 Reise nach Westen 5 Reise nach Westen 6
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4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings

Путешествие на запад. Перес... Путешествие на запад. Перес... Путешествие на запад. Перес... Путешествие на запад. Перес... Путешествие на запад. Перес...
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Birth of the Monkey King (J... The Monkey King Wreaks Havo... The Monkey King Converts to... The Monkey King Makes Fire ... زواج با جيه نهر الرمال سرقة فاكهة الجينسنغ
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Quotes by Wu Cheng'en  (?)
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“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
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“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
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“A team of horses cannot overtake a word that has left the mouth.”
― Wu Cheng'en, Monkey
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Polls

November 2016 Old School Classic Poll

 
  69 votes, 28.5%

1603, Othello by William Shakespeare, 314 pages
 
  62 votes, 25.6%

1320, The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 798 pages
 
  34 votes, 14.0%

1796, The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis, 386 pages
 
  17 votes, 7.0%

 
  17 votes, 7.0%

1867, Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola, 201 pages
 
  14 votes, 5.8%

1887, Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly, 92 pages
 
  13 votes, 5.4%

 
  8 votes, 3.3%

 
  8 votes, 3.3%

242 total votes
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