The Monkey King is a hero in The Journey to the West. He has the characteristics and temper of a monkey. He is a legend with many characteristics. The Journey to the West is the first romantic novel with chapters and sections in ancient China. The Journey to the West's earliest edition today is "A New Carved Big Seal, Like an Official Plate, Journey to the West" written by Jinling Shidetang in the 20th year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty, with no author's name. Lu Xun, Dong Zuobin and others finally determined Wu Cheng'en's original work according to the records of Huai 'an Fu Zhi and Wu Cheng'en Journey to the West.