# Monkey King

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- Authors: [Wu Čcheng-en](https://www.bookquiver.com/wu-czeng-en)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2021-02-11

## Description

One of China's Four Great Classical Novels, Monkey King was written anonymously during the Ming dynasty and is most commonly attributed to Wu Cheng'en, the son of a silk-shop clerk from east China. It recounts a Tang-dynasty monk's quest for Buddhist scriptures, accompanied by an omni-talented kung-fu Monkey King called Sun Wukong; a rice-loving divine pig; and a depressive man-eating river-sand monster. Comparable to The Canterbury Tales or Don Quixote , the tale is at once a comic adventure story, a humorous satire of Chinese bureaucracy, a spring of spiritual insight and an extended allegory in which the group of pilgrims journeys towards enlightenment.

## Editions

### Monkey King

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4313-893-8
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2025-09-25
- Language: en_GB

### Monkey King

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4139-344-5
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2021-02-11
- Language: en_GB

### Monkey King

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4199-356-0
- Published: 2021-02-11
- Language: en_GB

### Monkey King

- Publisher: Penguin
- Translated by: Julia Lovell
- Medium: audio
- Length: 12 h
- ISBN: 978-01-4199-781-0
- Published: 2021-02-11
- Language: en_GB