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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 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 ...
At the buddha's suggestion, Sun Wukong transforms into a watermelon, allowing the unsuspecting yaoguai to eat him and enter his stomach. Sun Wukong causes great agony to the yaoguai in his stomach, forcing him to surrender and return to Maitreya. The Python Demon (蟒蛇精) is a yaoguai based in Tuoluo Manor (駝羅庄) on Qijue Mountain ...
The Six-Eared Macaque—and not to be mistaken for the Macaque King (獼猴王), one of the same Seven Sages (七聖) Fraternity of Sworn Brothers, that Sun Wukong is a member of—is, according to the Buddha, one of the four spiritual primates that do not belong to any of the ten categories that all beings in the universe are classified under.
Eventually, the Jade Emperor appeals to the Buddha, who seals Wukong under a mountain called Five Elements Mountain after the latter loses a bet regarding whether he can leap out of the Buddha's hand in a single somersault. Sun Wukong is kept under the mountain for 500 years and cannot escape because of a seal that was placed on the mountain.
Subsequently, the Buddha orders his disciples to apprehend her, but she manages to evade capture, fleeing to the Pipa Cave in the Women's Kingdom. Sun Wukong visited the Heavenly Palace and extended an invitation to Maori Xingguan. Afterwards, Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie guided the scorpion spirit out of the cave.
Wukong attempts to break the Buddha's seal to no avail. Liuer and the girl enthusiastically greet Wukong, not knowing he has lost his powers, and pester him with endless questions. (One example is when Liuer asks if the god Nezha is a boy or a girl. Wukong answers, a girl.) Annoyed, Wukong attempts to avoid the two, but is unable to evade them.
Anything more than one drink per day for women and two drinks per day for men can have "dramatic harmful effects," he said — especially when combined with obesity and other co-morbidities.
Sun Wukong, Tang Sanzang, and even the author consistently refers to him as "the idiot" over the course of the story. Bodhisattvas and other heavenly beings usually refer to him as "Tiānpéng" (天蓬), his former title when he was a heavenly marshal.