There are hundreds of The Journey to the West published in Ming Dynasty, and there is no author's signature. The author of The Journey to the West is Wu Cheng'en. First of all, Wu Yumou, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, introduced Wu Cheng'en in Yang Shan's Legacy: "During Jiajing period, Wu Enhou was loyal and righteous, and I was named Sheyang Mountain, and I was a scholar in Huaixian Wenmu", "Read Huaixian Wenmu written by The Journey to the West". Since childhood, Wu Cheng'en has been reading extensively in Minhui, especially fond of fairy tales. After repeated setbacks in the imperial examination, he made up the examination and gave tribute to students in Jiajing. In the forty-five years of Jiajing (1566), he was appointed as the director of Changxing County, Zhejiang Province. Because of his difficult career, he never planned to be an official in his later years and wrote behind closed doors.
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Wu Cheng'en wrote four volumes, including The Journey to the West, Ding Yu Ji, Sheyang Ji, and Preface to Biographies of the Spring and Autumn Period. Most of Wu Cheng'en's poems were lost. The "Sheyang Survival Draft" compiled by later generations consists of four volumes.
The Birth of the Monkey King, which appeared for the first time in The Journey to the West, Wu Cheng'en, was selected as Lesson 21 of the next semester in Grade Five of Chinese in People's Education Press.
"Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon" was selected into the eighth class of Grade 6 of Jiangsu Education Press.
The Monkey King in Huaguoshan was selected in Class 3 1 of Grade 6 of Chinese in Shanghai Education Publishing House.
"the Monkey King Da Bai" was also selected into Class 32 of Grade 6 Chinese in Shanghai Education Publishing House.
The Monkey King borrowed a banana fan for the third time, and was also selected into Class 33, Grade 6, Chinese, Shanghai Education Press.
The Monkey King was born, the fifth-grade People's Education Edition, Volume II, Lesson 265438 +0.
Selected Works of Education Edition, Volume I, Grade Seven, Lesson 26.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Wu Cheng'en