Wu Ch'eng-en
Around the year 1500, Wu Ch'eng-en was born in Huai-an, Kiangsu. She would go on to become a well-respected poet, novelist, and scholar of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Trained in the traditional Confucian manner, Wu Ch'eng-en traveled extensively in his later years and was part of the upper echelons of literary society, which strived for a classical revival in literature.
While it was widely accepted and believed among the people of his birthplace that Wu Cheng’en was the author of A...
