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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 December 2024. 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 ...
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.
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).
Wukong (Chinese: 梧空; pinyin: Wú kōng; Wade–Giles: Wu 2-k'ung 1; EFEO: Ou-k'ong; 730 to after 790 CE) was a Chinese Buddhist monk, translator, and writer during the medieval Tang dynasty. His earlier religious name was Fajie ( Chinese : 法界 ) (Sanskrit: Dharmadhātu = 'Realm of the Dharma’.)
Sun Wukong (also known as The Monkey King), a Buddhist deity and a character in the classical Chinese epic Journey to the West; Sarugami of Japan, often depicted as evil deities, as in the tales of Shippeitaro; Howler monkey gods, a patron of the artisans among the Classic Mayas; La Ciudad Blanca, sometimes referred to as a "City of the Monkey God"
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King. The Monkey King Festival (Chinese: 齊天大聖千秋) is celebrated in Hong Kong on the 16th day of the eighth Lunar month of the Chinese calendar, corresponding to September according to the Common era calendar, a day after the Mid Autumn Festival.
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.
A struggling merchant, Xu Sheng (许盛), and his elder brother, Xu Cheng (许成), attend a ceremony at a Sun Wukong temple in Fujian, China. [4]Xu Sheng is entirely sceptical of the self-styled "Great Sage, Heaven's Equal" (齐天大圣); in stark contrast, his brother becomes a fervent devotee.