Through out the changes of Chinese culture and structure of political, Chinese literature did not not have a classical tradition of dramatic literature. This was due to many influences of nearby by people as well as farther away as well as the progress of time and change of dynasties. Another thing that helped form this early literature was religion such as confucianism, which made a conflict between ruling elite and its potential as a vision for a god life and just society. "The intellectuals of the first half of the twentieth century, who called for a literary revolution that would abolish classical Chinese and the privileges that were associated with it,...it spoke the language of the people; it decried hypocrisy, violence, and corruption through money and power; and it celebrated passion, truth, love, and heroic loyalty to oneself and one’s principles (p. 420)". Wu Cheng'enis a novelist and a poet known for his most popular folk tell called journey to the west. It about a monk named Xuanzang who is traveling west from china towards India in search of buddhist scriptures who returned. later version came to give him three protectors by the great buddha, which they are there to atone for there sins. The three disciples are Sun Wukong (monkey), Zhu Bajie (pigsy) and Sha Wujing (sandy). "Throughout their journey, the four travelers are watched over, and sometimes interact with, a number of otherworldly beings: an assortment of benign bodhisattvas (buddhas who linger in this world to help others) and a Daoist pantheon of unruly and sometimes dangerous deities"(p. 422). This story became popular because it was about people and fantastic creatures, magic monkeys, monks and other worldly things.
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