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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 January 2025. Character in Chinese mythology For other uses, see Monkey King (disambiguation). "Wukong" redirects here. For other uses, see Wukong (disambiguation). "Qi Tian Da Sheng" redirects here. For Pu Songling's story, see The Great Sage, Heaven's Equal. In this Chinese name, the family name is ...
The gods and immortals are in hiding or oppressed by demons as well. A scholar secretly concocts a plan to bring together a few warriors and a monk, named Tripitaka, to undertake a quest to resurrect the Monkey King and find the Heavenly scrolls that were stolen by Monkey 500 years ago and hidden away secretly on earth.
The next day, Tripitaka came and set Monkey free, and the two started their Journey to the West. Along the way, they meet two new friends, Zhu Bajie and the Hermit Sha Wujing , who join them on the journey; together, they face many dangers and evil creatures and sorcerers and learn to get along.
The four protagonists, from left to right: the Monkey King, Tang Sanzang (on the White Dragon Horse), Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing, as depicted on the Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing The edition published by the Shidetang Hall of Jinling in 1592, considered the earliest printed version of the Journey to the West, features captioned cross-page illustrations depicting various scenes.
Sun Wukong (孫悟空), better known as the Monkey King in translations, is a monkey born from a stone on Mount Huaguo who acquires magic powers by learning from Master Bodhi. After starting a rebellion against Heaven, he is subdued and imprisoned under a mountain by the Buddha for 500 years.
Adventures from China: Monkey King, a 20-volume comic series by Wei Dong Chen. [20] [better source needed] American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang features the legend of the Monkey King throughout the book. He uses the story of the Monkey King's quest to become equal to a god to parallel the feelings of the main character, a Chinese immigrant ...
Articles relating to the Monkey King (Sun Wukong), his cult, and his depictions. He is a literary and religious figure best known as one of the main players in the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West (traditional Chinese: 西遊記; simplified Chinese: 西游记).
The Dragon King subtly guides Monkey King and Lin to a peach tree laced with an intoxicating poison, but ends up getting fed one himself, foiling the plan. After realizing the peaches are fake, Monkey King learns from the book that Wangmu , the divine Queen Mother, brews an immortality elixir for the gods.