ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Wu Cheng'en

Okay, so imagine there was a really cool guy named Wu Cheng'en a long time ago in China. He was a writer and came up with some amazing stories that people still enjoy reading today.

One of his most famous stories is called Journey to the West. It's about a monkey named Sun Wukong who goes on crazy adventures with a bunch of other cool characters. They fight demons and other scary creatures and have to use their wits to get out of tough situations.

The story is really long, but people still love it because it's super exciting and has lots of funny moments too. Wu Cheng'en was really good at making up characters and making their adventures really exciting to read about.

Even though he lived a long, long time ago, people still talk about Wu Cheng'en and the awesome stories he wrote. So, in summary, Wu Cheng'en was a really cool guy who told amazing stories that people still love today.