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Journey to the west (Refined version) compiled and written by Wu Cheng'en is a master piece among Chinese ancient novels on deity and monster and a representation of romantic literature. The author has constructed a bizarre and gaudy fairy tale world with his rich artistic imagination and depicts a group of literal images with distinct character and far-reaching significance represented by Monkey King and Eight-commandment Pig and has been loved by people for hundreds of years. Journey to the west (Refined version) is a great work of first class both in terms of ideological content and artistic quality. It is also the representative work of deity and monster novel, one of the important schools of long-length novel in Ming Dynasty. Its first seven chapters introduce the birth of Monkey King. The remaining ninety-three chapters depict the story of defeating demons and going on a pilgrimage for Buddhist scriptures by the four people of teacher and pupils of Xuanzang and Monkey King etc.
