The Journey to the West is a classic of China's ghost novels, reaching the peak of ancient romance novels. ?

Together with Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin and Dream of Red Mansions, it is called China Four Great Classical Novels.

The Journey to the West has been widely circulated among the people since it came out, and various versions have emerged one after another. ?

There are six kinds of periodicals in Ming Dynasty, seven kinds of periodicals and manuscripts in Qing Dynasty, and the lost versions of ancient books are 13.

Chinese translation:

The Journey to the West is a classic of China's ghost novels, reaching the peak of ancient romance novels, and is called the four classical novels of China together with The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Water Margin and A Dream of Red Mansions.

Since The Journey to the West came out, it has been widely circulated among the people, and various versions have emerged one after another. There were six editions in Ming Dynasty, seven editions and manuscripts in Qing Dynasty, and thirteen lost articles recorded in ancient books.