The Four Journeys
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The Four Journeys consist of: Journey to the North, Journey to the South, Journey to the East, and Journey to the West.
  • The Journey to the North (composed during the Ming dynasty) is on the apotheosis of True-Warrior (Chen-wu, Zhen-wu) as Mysterious-Heaven Supreme-Emperor (Hsuan-t'ien Shang-ti, Xuan-tian Shang-di).
  • The Journey to the South was composed by Yu Xiangdou.
  • The Journey to the East was composed by Wu Yuan-tai (fl.
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     1522-1526).
  • The Journey to the West is composed by Yang Zhihe, and not to confuse it with Wu Cheng'en
    Wu Cheng'en
    Wu Cheng'en , courtesy name Ruzhong , pen name "Sheyang Hermit," was a Chinese novelist and poet of the Ming Dynasty, best known for being the attributed author of one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, Journey to the West.-Biography:Wu was born in Lianshui, in Jiangsu...

    's epic novel Journey to the West
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Disambiguation

These four Chinese novels are distinct from "The Four Journeys in Mysticism" known to the Ṣūfī (Seyed Safavi : "The Practice of Mysticism" -- In :- TRANSCENDENT PHILOSOPHY, Vol. 2, 2001).
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