《西游记》中国古典四大名著之一,明代小说家吴承恩所著中国古代第一部浪漫主义长篇神魔小说。主要描写孙悟空、猪八戒、沙僧三人保护唐僧西行取经,沿途遇到八十一难,一路降妖伏魔,化险为夷,最后到达西天、取得真经的故事。
Journey to the West is a Chinese classic fantastic novel. It mainly describes a long journey to the Western Heaven to fetch the Buddhist sutras. The main characters of this novel are a monk, named Xuanzang, and his four disciples, named Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing and Yulong Santaizi. Throughout the journey, the four brave disciples have to protect their master from various monsters and calamities. After encountering eighty-one disasters, they finally reaches their destination. The most definitive version of this novel was written by Wu Chengen in his old age and published in 1592.