This book is based on chapters 22 and 23 of Journey to The West (西游记, xī y u j ), an epic novel written in the 16th Century by Wu Chen'en. Journey to The West is loosely based on an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Tangseng (called Xuanzang and Sanzang in earlier books), who traveled from the Chinese city of Chang'an westward to India in 629 A.D. and returned 17 years later with priceless knowledge and texts of Buddhism...