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Excerpts from The Journey to the West's original text:
When the Monkey King saw this, he knelt down and bowed down, kowtowing countless times. He just said, "Master, master! My disciple is loyal to the ceremony, loyal to the ceremony! " "Where are you from?" The ancestor asked. Tell me the name of the village official. See you later. "the Monkey King said," My apprentice is a native of Shuilian Cave, and I am very proud to come to the Huaguo Mountain in Dongsheng, China. "The heads of the fathers ordered," get out! He is a liar, so he can't fix anything! " The Monkey King hurriedly kowtowed and said, "The apprentice is honest and has not cheated. "The patriarch said," Since you are honest, how can you say that Dongsheng is China? That place came to me, separated by two oceans, and the southern part of the mainland. How did you get this? The Monkey King kowtowed and said, "My apprentice has been crossing the sea and the border for more than ten years. "The ancestors said," This is a gradual process. What's your last name? " The Monkey King added, "I am asexual. I'm not annoyed when others scold me, and I'm not annoyed when others hit me. This is just a gift. I have been asexual all my life. " The founder said, "Not this character. What are your parents' initial surnames? The Monkey King said, "I don't have parents either. "The ancestor said," Since there are no parents, do you think it was born in a tree? " The Monkey King said, "Although I was not born in a tree, I grew up in a stone. I only remember that there is a fairy stone on Guo Hua Mountain. The stone broke and I was born. "When the ancestors heard this, be in heaven said," All this is said, but it was made by heaven and earth. Get up and walk, let me see. " The Monkey King jumped up and walked twice. Master Zhizu smiled and said, "Although you are humble, you are like a monkey that only eats pine cones. You and I will take a surname, which means to teach you the surname' Yan'. Yan Zi went to find a wild animal, but it was a Gu Yue. The ancients were old and the moon was cloudy. Old Yin is uneducated, so it is better to teach you the surname' Yi'. The word Jue goes to the side of the beast, but it is a child line. The son is a man, and the baby is fine, which conforms to the baby theory. Teach your surname' Sun'. Hearing this, the Monkey King be in heaven looked up and kowtowed and said, "Good, good, good! Today, I know my last name. I hope master will be merciful. Since you have a surname, ask for a name, but it's easy to call. "The patriarch said," Our twelve characters are named, and you are the tenth generation. " The Monkey King asked, "Those twelve words?" The founder said, "It is the words" great wisdom is like nature, the sea, enlightenment, and roundness ". Give it to you, just as the word' enlightenment'. Give you a French name' Monkey King', okay? " The Monkey King smiled and said, "good, good, good! From then on, it was called the Monkey King! "