Wu Chengen, Shi Naian and Luo Guanzhong are not related.
1. Wu Chengen:
Wu Chengen, also known as Ruzhong, also known as Sheyang Jushi, is a native of Hexia, Shanyang County, Huai'an Prefecture, South Zhili, and has been smart since childhood. , well-read, especially fond of fairy tales. He is good at painting and calligraphy and is versatile.
After repeated setbacks in the imperial examination, Jiajing passed the examination and became a Suigong student. In the 28th year of Jiajing's reign, he moved to Nanjing and made a living by selling literature. In the 39th year of Jiajing's reign, he was appointed as the magistrate of Changxing County, Zhejiang Province, and soon resigned and returned. Due to difficulties in his official career, he decided not to pursue an official career in his later years, so he wrote books behind closed doors and stayed at home until his death.
2. Shi Naian:
Shi Naian, Ming Er, was a writer in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, also known as Zhaorui and Yanduan, with the courtesy name Zian and the nickname Naian, or It is called "Qiantang Shi Naian". A native of Xinghua, Jiangsu, his ancestral home is Suzhou. He was born in Baijuchang, Xinghua County. He is the author of "Water Margin", one of the four famous works in China.
3. Luo Guanzhong:
Luo Guanzhong, named Guanzhong, was born in Taiyuan, nicknamed Huhai Sanren, a novelist in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, and the author of "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Other major works include the novels "The Chronicles of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", "The Romance of the Remaining Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties", "The Legend of Three Sui Ping Yao" and "The Complete Story of Water Margin".
Wu Chengen's main influence:
Wu Chengen's most important achievement is the final completion of "Journey to the West". Due to frustration in officialdom and hardship in life, Wu Chengen deepened his understanding of the feudal imperial examination system and the dark social reality, so he used the form of strange novels to express his inner dissatisfaction and resentment. Wu Chengen said to himself: "Although the title of my book is Zhiguai, it does not cover ghosts. It actually records the changes in the human world and provides some warning." It is a fantasy novel based on the incident and artistically processed to reflect the social reality of the Ming Dynasty.
The whole book mainly describes that after Sun Wukong was born and caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace, he met Tang Monk, Zhu Bajie, Sha Monk and White Dragon Horse, and traveled westward to obtain Buddhist scriptures. After a difficult time, he finally reached the Western Heaven and saw Tathagata Buddha, and finally the Five Saints came true.