How many versions of The Journey to the West are there?

Do you mean the novel Journey to the West?

If you mean novels, you can give a brief introduction.

At present, the ancient books in The Journey to the West are mainly divided into two parts, namely Ming Hui Ben and Bai Qing Hui Ben. Here, we won't talk about Xiu Xiang edition (similar to picture book) and incomplete edition.

In Baihui period of Ming Dynasty, there were Shi Ben, Naive, Tang Priest Ben, Ben and Yang Ben. It is worth mentioning that the original version of the whole The Journey to the West novel has not been discovered so far.

The Baihui Edition of The Journey to the West in Qing Dynasty has several editions, such as Certificate, True Interpretation, Novel Book, Original Book, Original Book, Self-criticism Book and Huaiming Self-criticism Book. It is worth mentioning that the Baihui edition in Qing Dynasty has more stories about the birth of Tang Priest and the rescue of his mother than the Baihui edition in Ming Dynasty. This story was dramatized in the Ming Dynasty, but it was not included in novels in the Ming Dynasty and was included in The Journey to the West in the Qing Dynasty.

The main version of The Journey to the West's novels at present is the final version of Journey to the West by China People's Publishing House, which is based on the Ten Virtue Classics of Ming Dynasty and supplemented by the Baihui Classics of Qing Dynasty. This edition is adopted by most publishing houses for Journey to the West. In addition, The Journey to the West, edited and published by Zhonghua Book Company according to The Journey to the West, should be regarded as the representative of hundreds of modern The Journey to the West novels published in the Qing Dynasty.