"Journey to the West" is a classic Chinese fantasy novel. It relates the adventures of a Tang Dynasty(618 - 907) priest, Sanzang, and his disciples, Monkey, Pig and Friar Sand, as they travel west in search of the Buddhist scriptures. They vanquish a fearsome array of demons and monsters on their way to the Western Heaven. The story is full of artistic appeal, and at the same time it reflects the progressive ideas of the society of that time. "Journey to the West" has a tight-knit plot and is written in humorous language. Journey to the West was written in the 1570s. This English translation is by W. J. F. Jenner, a British sinologist.