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"Journey to the West" is the first romantic chapter-length novel about gods and demons in ancient China. This novel is based on the historical event of "Tang Monk's Study for Buddhist Scriptures". Through the author's artistic processing, it profoundly depicts the social reality at that time. The book mainly describes the story of Sun Wukong after he was born and caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace. He met Tang Monk, Zhu Bajie and Sha Monk, traveled to the west to obtain Buddhist scriptures, and conquered demons along the way. After going through eighty-one hardships, he finally reached the Western Heaven and met the Tathagata Buddha, and finally the Five Sages came true. "Journey to the West" has been widely circulated among the people since its publication. Various editions have emerged in endlessly. There are six editions published in the Ming Dynasty, seven editions and manuscripts published in the Qing Dynasty, and thirteen editions recorded in classics have been lost. After the Opium War, a large number of Chinese classical literary works were translated into Western languages. "Journey to the West" was gradually introduced to Europe and the United States, and was translated into English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, sign language, Esperanto, Swahili, Russian, Czech, Romanian, Polish, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and other languages. Chinese and foreign scholars have published many research papers and monographs and have spoken highly of this novel. "Journey to the West" is a classic of Chinese novels about gods and demons, reaching the pinnacle of ancient romantic novels. It is also known as the four classic Chinese classics along with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin" and "Dream of Red Mansions".