Wu Chengen

1500 - Born with literary talent

1515-1582

- around these years, he took the examinations required for government service but failed in such

- major work includes Xiyu Ji, published in 1592 and translated as Monkey in 1942; it was an allegorical novel with story based on the 7th-century pilgrimage by the Buddhist monk Xuanzang

1582 - died with little official posts