Wu Cheng'en, the author of The Journey to the West, was from the Ming Dynasty. This book describes the legendary adventure story of the Monkey King, Pig Bajie and Friar Sand, who protected Tang Priest's Buddhist scriptures in the West and experienced 81 difficulties. Wu Cheng'en (150 1 year-1582) was born in Sheyang Mountain. Han nationality, a native of Shanyang County, Huai 'an Prefecture (now Chuzhou District, Huai 'an City, Jiangsu Province). The Journey to the West, an outstanding novelist in China in Ming Dynasty, is one of the four classical novels of China.