The earliest mystery novels in China could be traced back to the Ming Dynasty novelist Wu Chengen's Journey to the West. In the novel, the author created a series of suspense and reasoning plots by depicting the adventures of Sun Wukong and other characters to let the readers feel the charm of the mystery novel. Although Wu Chengen's Journey to the West was not the earliest Chinese mystery novel, it was a classic in the history of Chinese literature, which had a profound impact on the creation of mystery novels in later generations.