Wu Cheng'en
1500 – 1582 · aged 82
Chinese writer
- Born
- 1500 · Huai'an
- Died
- 1582 · Shanyang County
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- 1500BornBorn in Huai'an
- 1582DiedDied in Shanyang County
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Biography
Wu Cheng'en (traditional Chinese: 吳承恩; simplified Chinese: 吴承恩; pinyin: Wú Chéng'ēn; Wade–Giles: Wu2 Ch‘êng2-ên1; Jyutping: Ng4 Sing4 Jan1, c. 1500 – 1582 or 1505–1580), courtesy name Ruzhong (汝忠), was a Chinese novelist, poet, and politician during the Ming dynasty. He is considered by many to be the author of Journey to the West, one of the Classic Chinese Novels.
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