Journev to the West is one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature．It (write)by Wuchen9'en in the 16th century during the Ming Dynasty．In English—speaking countries，the work is (wide)known as Monkey． The novel has 100 chapters total．It can be divided into four parts． The first part (include)chapters 1-7，and it is an (introduce) to the main story．It deals with the earlier exploits of Sun Wukong．The second part， is from Chapter 8-12，talks about the monk，Xuanzang，and the background of his great journey．The third and the longest section of the work is chapters 13-99．It is the details of the (forget) journey．The section is set in the poor lands along the Silk Road between China and India，including Xinjiang，Turkestan，and Afghanistan(阿富汗)．They overcome many (difficult) all the way and make and friends each other．Chapter 100，the last of all，quickly describes the return journey to the Tang Empire，and the rewards that each (travel)receives．

    Nowadays，Journey to the West has been made into TV plays，cartoons and films and it is still very popular all around the world．