Wu Cheng'en
Wu Cheng'en ( Chinese 吳承恩 / 吴承恩 , Pinyin Wú Chéng'ēn , W.-G. Wu Ch'eng-en , age name 汝 忠 , Rǔzhōng , pseudonym 射陽 山人 / 射阳 山人 , Shèyáng Shānrén ; * um 1500 in Huai'an , Jiangsu ; † ibid around 1582, China ) was a Chinese novelist and poet of the Ming dynasty .
The novel, The Journey to the West - 西遊記 - attributed to him, about the Buddhist monk Xuanzang at the time of the Tang , who makes an adventurous pilgrimage with his three students over the mountains of the northwestern province of Xinjiang to India to bring Buddha's holy writings to China , is one of the most popular classic short stories in China , Japan and Korea . The tales and stories of the novel have been translated into German in several versions.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Wu Cheng'en (Wu Ch'eng-en)? 1504-? 1582 ( Memento of April 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). In: www.renditions.org, accessed July 6, 2020. (English)
- ↑ 周 先 慎 - "Zhou, Xianshen", Encyclopedia of China - 1st Edition : Wu Cheng'en - 吳承恩 ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). In: 203.72.198.245, accessed July 6, 2020. (Chinese)
- ↑ Liu, Ts'un-yan: Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368-1644. - 明代 名人 傳, 1368-1644. . Ed .: Luther Carrington Goodrich - 富 路德, 傅 路 特, 房 兆 楹 - "Chaoying Fang", Ann Arbor - Association for Asian Studies. Ming Biographical History Project Committee. tape 2 . Columbia University Press, New York 1976, ISBN 0-231-03833-X (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
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| SURNAME | Wu Cheng'en |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 吳承恩 (Chinese - traditional character); 吴承恩 (Chinese - symbol); Wú Chéng'ēn (pinyin); Ruzhong (majority name); 汝 忠 (Majority name, Chinese - long and short characters); Sheyang Shanren (pseudonym); 射陽 山人 (Majority name, Chinese - traditional character); 射阳 山人 (Majority name, Chinese - abbreviation) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese novelist and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1500 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Huai'an |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1582 |