It is also one of the most well-known contemporary Chinese novels in China, and was made into a popular television series in the early 1990s.

In addition, many works are about ghosts and monsters, which are significant aesthetic features of Chinese classical novels.

Wang was one of the committee members to adjudicate the "20th century 100 greatest Chinese novels".

It is based from Chinese novel, Journey to the West.

Yazhou Zhoukan selected it as one of the top 100 greatest Chinese novels in the 20th century.

The novel is not as famous as other Chinese classical novels in the West.

Over the centuries many Chinese novels have also been attacked for lack of structure, repetition and episodic incoherence.

The dance, based on a 16th-century Chinese novel, showed struggles between travelers led by a monkey and a demon in a multitude of disguises.

The fact that it's an adaptation of an acclaimed 350-year-old Chinese novel?

In the original Chinese novel, he is often called dāizi (呆子), meaning "idiot".