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JourneytotheWestisaChinesenovelpublishedinthe16thcenturyduringtheMingDynastyandattributedtoWuCheng'en.ItisoneoftheFourGreatClassicalNovelsofChineseliterature.
ThenovelisanextendedaccountofthelegendarypilgrimageoftheTangdynastyBuddhistmonkXuanzangwhotraveledtothe"WesternRegions",thatis,India,toobtainsacredtextsandreturnedaftermanytrialsandmuchsuffering.ItretainsthebroadoutlineofXuanzang'sownaccount,GreatTangRecordsontheWesternRegionsbuttheMingdynastynoveladdselementsfromfolktalesandtheauthor'sinvention,thatis,thattheBuddhagavethistasktothemonkandprovidedhimwiththreeprotectorswhoagreetohelphimasanatonementfortheirsins.ThesedisciplesareSunWukong,ZhuBajie,andShaWujing,togetherwithadragonprincewhoactsasXuanzang'ssteed,awhitehorse.
Enduringlypopular,thetaleisatonceacomicadventurestory,aspringofspiritualinsight,andanextendedallegoryinwhichthegroupofpilgrimsjourneystowardsenlightenmentwhicheachofthemcanachieveonlywiththehelpofalloftheothers.
