Wu Cheng'en [SEP] date of death
Wu Cheng'en
Wu Cheng'en (, c. 1500–1582 or 1505–1580), courtesy name Ruzhong (), was a Chinese novelist and poet of the Ming Dynasty, and is considered by many to be the author of "Journey to the West", one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.
Biography.
Wu was born in Lianshui, in Jiangsu province, and later moved to Huaian. Wu's father, Wu Rui, had had a good primary education and "shown an aptitude for study",
Carmelite nun, poet and saint (b. 1515)
- October 21 – Laurent Joubert, French physician (b. 1529)
- November 21 – Diego, Prince of Asturias, Portuguese prince (b. 1575)
- December 11 – Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Spanish general (b. 1507)
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- Wu Cheng'en, Chinese novelist and poet of the Ming dynasty
- Hans Hendrik van Paesschen, Flemish architect (b. 1510)
- Zhang Juzheng, Ming