盛于斯生于万历二十六年(1598),卒于崇祯十四年(1641)。其一生疾病缠身,多闭门不出,晚景遣怀途径主要有吟诗弄花、沉迷佛学及著书自娱,信息来源多为友朋信函,所读之书多为友朋所赉。《休庵影语》为其晚景之作,后为周亮工整理。其中《西游记误》亦追忆旧闻而成,撰写之时已无法核对相关资料;又因其笃信佛教以致对不合佛教教义的任何人事皆持批判姿态,故主观以为章回小说《西游记》九九之数为原作所有。今存《西游记》版本实物及文献记载,亦可佐证《西游记》九十九回本说并不可信。学界据《休庵影语》推论《西游记》的早期版刻系统,多有臆断。对《西游记》早期传播的讨论应建立在能通过求证或证伪的“科学”研究的基础上,而非以未经论证的假设为讨论前提。 Sheng was born in Wanli twenty-six years (1598), died in Chongzhen fourteen years (1641). Its life-threatening disease, the more closed the door, the late King sent to save the main channels of poetry get lost, addicted to Buddhism and book self-entertainment, mostly from friends and relatives letter of information, most of the books read by friends and relatives. “Hugh shadow movie” for the evening of its work, finishing after Zhou Liang workers. Among them, “Journey to the West” also recalls the old news, and can not check the relevant information when it was written. However, because of its devotion to Buddhism, any person who does not conform to the teachings of Buddhism holds a critical attitude. Therefore, the subjective view is that Journey to the West No. 9 Nine of the original for all. This version of the Journey to the West exists in kind and recorded in the literature. It can also be corroborated that the Journey to the West 99 is not credible. According to the academic circle “Hu An film” corollary “Journey to the West,” the early version of engraving system, there are many assumptions. The discussion of the early spread of Journey should be based on a “science” study that can be verified or falsified, rather than an unverified assumption.