Journey to the South

Journey to the South

Ming dynasty illustration of Huaguang subduing the white snake
Author	Yu Xiangdou
Original title	南遊記
Language	Written vernacular Chinese[1]
Genre	Gods and demons fiction, Chinese mythology, fantasy, adventure
Publication date	c. 1631[2]
Publication place	China

The Huaguang Tianwang Nanyou zhizhuan (華光天王南遊志傳), usually referred to as the Nanyou ji (南遊記) or Journey to the South,^[3] is a Chinese novel by Yu Xiangdou. First published in the seventeenth century during the Ming dynasty, it tells the story of the celestial being Huaguang, who is reincarnated three times as a result of his transgressions. It was later included in the nineteenth-century anthology Four Journeys.