吴承恩著《西游记》补证

The Supplementary Proofs of The Journey to the West and Its Author WU Chengen

《西游记》第八十七回至第九十七回隐藏了作者较多的生活经历,甚至非吴承恩写不出这几回文字。《西游记》的祖本虽然已经亡佚,其全部取经事件大抵可以从《朴通事谚解》《礼节传簿》《销释真空宝卷》《取经道场》推知。吴承恩在祖本的基础上再创作,包括许多独创,所作的《西游记》比后者有质的提升,当之无愧是《西游记》的作者。

From the chapter 87 to the chapter 97 in The Journey to the West conceal WU Cheng-en’s life experience that only WU Cheng-en could write, including the relations between him and GUI You-guang, his experience of becoming official,political situation in the early Wanli period, and so on. Additionally, the reason why the losing biography of TANG Seng can be found in it. So WU Cheng-en is indeed the author of The Journey to the West whose copyright can’t be deprived.