Wu Cheng'en wrote a lot in his life, but most of his works were lost because of his poor family and childless. According to records, The Tales of a Lonely Studio Ding Yu Ji has been lost. Wu Cheng'en's grandnephew, Du Qiu, collected his only remaining manuscripts, only "11 thousand copies", and compiled four volumes of Sheyang's First Survival Draft, including one volume of poetry and three volumes of prose.
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Wu Cheng'en's long poems are vigorous and bold, approaching Li Bai. Songs and songs come in and out of Huajian Collection, which is very close to Qin Guan. Ouyang Rong and Ceng Gong's prose learning is close to the style of ancient prose writers in Tang and Song Dynasties.
1936, Zhao first wrote the chronicle of The Journey to the West author Wu Cheng'en.
It is generally believed that Wu Cheng'en is the final author of The Journey to the West. Hu Shi and Lu Xun identified The Journey to the West as Wu Cheng'en, a middle-aged tribute student of Huai 'an Jiajing, according to the textual research of Yang Shan Ji by Wu in Qing Dynasty, Tea Guest Talk by Ruan Kuisheng and Shi Ting Chronicle by Ding Yan.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Wu Cheng'en