《西游记》是明朝吴承恩所著，西方读者通常称之为《猴王》。这 部小说是根据七世纪时的一个和尚玄奘西去印度取佛经的故事编写的。 《西游记》是中国古典的神化小说，记述了唐朝和尚三奘和他的三 个弟子悟空、八戒和沙僧西行历险。猴王生于一块岩石，他能进行72 般变化，如：树木、鸟、野兽、苍蝇等等。他能腾云驾雾，一个筋斗 180.000里。
四大古典名著之西游记
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Journey to the West
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Journey to the West, commonly known to the western readers as Monkey King, was written by Wu Chengen in the Ming dynasty. The novel is based on the 7th-century Buddhist monk Xuan Zang going west to India to get Buddhist Sutra. Journey to the West is a classic Chinese mythological novel. It is about the adventures of a Tang Dynasty monk Sanzang and his three disciples, Monkey, Pig and Monk Sand. Monkey King was born out of a rock, he can transform himself into seventy-two different images such as a tree, a bird, a beast or a fly. Using clouds as a vehicle he can travel 180,000 miles a single
Questions for understanding: 1、What is the other name of Journey to the West? 2、Who was the writer of the book? 3、Who was the novel based on? 4、What was the book about? 5、What can Monkey King do?