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| | CCTV series: Xi You Ji, Journey to the West, 52 Animated Cartoon Serials, VCD Edition |
 | | It was probably put into its present form in the 1570s by Wu Cheng'en (1500-82). |
 | | This lively fantasy relates the amazing adventures of the priest Xuanzang as he travels west in search of Buddhist sutras with his three disciples, the irreverent and capable Monkey, greedy Pig, and Friar Sand. |
 | | "The story, attributed to Wu Cheng-en, is quite hilarious on the surface, full of creatures, jokes and foibles, and on the other hand it is a deeply religious plot. |
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