In ancient China a magical monkey appears, creating chaos everywhere he goes. The only way to put his tricks and talents to good use is to make him protector of Xuanzang, a young and handsome monk determined to travel from China to India in search of the precious scriptures.

WU CHENG'EN, ( 1500-1582), was a novelist and poet of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), generally acknowledged as the author of the Chinese folk novel Xiyouji (Journey to the West).