The traditional Chinese character of Sun Wukong
Pronunciation [ sūn wù kōng ]
Explain the main character in the mythological novel "Journey to the West", also known as Sun Xingzhe, who calls himself Qi The Great Sage. He is a natural stone monkey with great magical powers. He has seventy-two changes of spells and can control the clouds and move thousands of miles. He once wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace and was brave and invincible. Hou Bao, Tang Monk, went to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures and defeated many demons along the way, which showed his rebellious character of contempt for the world of gods and its order and his will to fight tenaciously against evil forces. It is a romantic heroic image loved by the Chinese people. Later generations also often use it to describe people with great ability. Please refer to the Southern Song Dynasty storybook "The Tripitaka of the Tang Dynasty" and the Yuan Dynasty Yang Jingxian's "Journey to the West" drama.
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1. Sun Wukong devoted himself wholeheartedly to protecting his master Tang Monk as he traveled westward to obtain the true scripture.
2. The clever and naughty Sun Wukong is the most popular character in Chinese mythology.
3. The monster raised its staff and struck at Sun Wukong with its teeth and claws.
4. Sun Wukong has seventy-two transformations, and Nezha can transform into three heads and six arms.
5. Sun Wukong transformed into a tiger.
6. Sun Wukong is a well-known image.
7. The Bone Demon fought with Sun Wukong for forty rounds and was finally defeated.
8. Sun Wukong can soar into the clouds and ride on the mist, turning somersaults thousands of miles away.
9. Sun Wukong saw through the white-bone spirit who turned into a beautiful woman at a glance.
10. In the story, Sun Wukong is very brave as he follows Tang Monk to slay demons.
11. Sun Wukong is highly capable, killing demons and demons on the way to obtain scriptures, and trying his best to protect Tang Monk.
12. The pattern of this stamp is based on the image of Sun Wukong in "Journey to the West".
13. Sun Wukong transformed into a pine tree.
14. After Sun Wukong was rescued from the mountain by Tang Monk, he followed his master to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures.
15. Sun Wukong has great magical powers. He can get wind when he wants wind and rain when he wants rain. Who is Sun Wukong's sister?
Everyone is familiar with "Journey to the West", one of the four famous classics, and it is still a topic that many people talk about. But Dazui just recently discovered a strange thing about Journey to the West - it turns out that Sun Wukong has brothers and sisters! In the drama "Journey to the West" written by Yang Jingxian in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, it is written that Sun Wukong has 2 sisters, 1 brother, and 1 brother. There are five brothers and sisters: the eldest sister Lishan Laomu and the second sister Wu Zhizhi. , the eldest brother is the Great Sage Qitian, the younger sage is the Great Sage Tongtian, and the third brother is playing Saburo. The elder brother is the Great Sage Qitian, and in fact Sun Wukong is the Lesser Sage Tongtian the Great Sage. It should be said that Wu Chengen was influenced by Yang Jingxian's dramas before he wrote the novel "Journey to the West". But for some unknown reason, Wu Chengen only wrote about the Great Sage Sun Wukong among the five brothers and sisters, and added the abilities of the other brothers and sisters to Sun Wukong, creating a Sun Wukong with even greater supernatural powers. And he also gave the title of eldest brother to Wukong. After all, "Tongtian" is not as domineering as "Qitian". "Tongtian" can only indicate great ability, and the ability can reach the sky, but "equal to the sky" is not just a matter of ability, it is a state. Some people may say that no matter how colorful and colorful what you say, they are, after all, fictional characters created by writers. What’s the point of discussing this? No, maybe Sun Wukong is not a fictional person, but a real person! In 2005, a brothers' tomb built in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties was discovered in the Shuangsheng Temple in Baoshan, Shunchang County, Fujian Province. The two tombstones were actually engraved with the Great Sage Qitian and the Great Sage Tongtian. From this we can imagine that the owner of the tomb is probably the Monkey King and the Great Sage Tongtian in Yang Jingxian's drama, and they are also the Sun Wukong in Wu Chengen's "Journey to the West"! We don’t know what the owner of the tomb did at that time to become a character in the literary novel, but there must be a special story.
Perhaps these five brothers and sisters were powerful heroes at that time? Or was he a famous thief at the time? It's possible. Art often comes from life. Without a real prototype, it is difficult to imagine a character out of thin air. It’s just that after many processings, it was far away from the prototype. It became more and more mythical and more and more bizarre... The historical prototype of Sun Wukong
The real prototype of Sun Wukong comes from Di Renjie’s great-great-grandson Che Fengchao. Question It happened in Di Renjie's eldest son Di Guangsi. Di Renjie asked Di Guangsi to help Li Dan, but Li Dan had no idea and was just a puppet emperor. Di Guangsi was a little dissatisfied and discriminating. Coupled with the instigation of Taoist priests, Li Dan believed that Di Guangsi was dissatisfied with the Li family and wanted to destroy Di Guangsi. Guangsi's door is Qingjun's side. In order to protect his descendants, he gave his son to a godson named Wei, and the son changed his surname to Wei from then on. In order to show his loyalty, Di Guangsi asked Di Guangsi to find a thousand-year black iron sword to prove it. In order to make a deal, Di Guangsi made a black iron rod in the crater of the volcano. It is also the so-called golden cudgel. When Di Guangsi came back to deliver business, he just arrived at the city gate and found that Princess Taiping had forced Li Dan to abdicate. He gave it to his eldest son for safekeeping. When Di Guangsi's grandson took out an iron rod from a fight with others, a Taoist priest discovered it and sued Li Longji. Di Guangsi hid the national treasure. Through Di Guangsi, he revealed the origin and gained Li Longji's understanding. After Di Guangsi's death, the iron rod became a sacred weapon for protecting the country from his grandson. In order to avoid being hunted by his enemies, the grandson ran to his wife's family in Shaanxi and gave birth to five children. The first two were daughters. In order to delay the family relationship, he got another one, Che Fengchao. Che Fengchao, whose mother's surname is Che, is actually a reincarnated person who is born with the ability to recall his previous life, when a monkey king in Huaguo Mountain was struck by lightning and died and entered the Wei family with his mother's surname Che. Seeing that his naturally active nature made him a good candidate for martial arts, his grandfather taught his grandson his kung fu skills. Then I went to the Shaolin Temple and stayed with an eminent monk for seven years and learned some Taoism. Later, an envoy from India came to visit Li Longji, and only 600 sheep were used as tribute. I had a bit of contempt for Li Longji being the emperor, and felt that the Tang Dynasty had no talents. With 1,800 sheep herding, there were only 600 sheep in the Tang Dynasty. In order to regain his face, Li Longji chose the best warrior in the world to go to the Western Region of ancient India. At this time, grandpa signed up Che Fengchao to join the army. It took him a year to win the title of Monkey King, the Great Sage of Qitian, and represented the Tang Dynasty as an envoy to the Western Regions to recruit small countries that did not sell out to the Tang Dynasty. When Che Fengchao was just a few years old, he sent his father Jian Jian to quell the chaos. He found two and three bedrooms in Fujian, one of whom was a great sage, and the other was a bad boy. The two younger brothers were named Wei. Four hundred years later, due to the close relationship between the Wei family and the Yang family, the two heroes in history were transformed. I took it in and wrote it into the Journey to the West drama. As a memorial to future generations. It is said that the tomb of Sun Wukong was discovered whether it is real or fake
This Sun Wukong is not the other Sun Wukong, and the tomb is indeed real. There is a confession of Sun Wukong in the drama "Journey to the West" written by Yang Jingxian in the Yuan Dynasty: "There are five brothers and sisters of the Little Sage: the eldest sister Lishan Laomu, the second sister Wu Zhizhi, the eldest brother Qitian Monkey King, the youngest brother Tongtian Monkey King, and the third brother. My brother is playing tricks on Saburo." The tomb here is the joint tomb of the eldest brother Qitian Monkey King and the younger brother Tongtian Monkey King. What are the names of Sun Wukong's two younger brothers?
They are called Tongtian Monkey King. There is a confession of Sun Wukong in the drama "Journey to the West" written by Yang Jingxian: "There are five brothers and sisters of the Little Sage: the eldest sister Lishan Laomu, the second sister Wu Zhizhi, the eldest brother Qitian Monkey King, the little sage Tongtian Monkey King, and the third brother Shua. Playing tricks". The two tombstones in the Shuangsheng Temple in Baoshan, Shunchang are "Monkey King" on the left and "Monkey Tongtian" on the right, which is consistent with the ancient etiquette custom of respecting the left. In addition, above the tombstone of "Monkey King" The two characters "Baofeng" are engraved on it, but these two characters are omitted from the tombstone of "Monkey King Tongtian", which shows the obvious intention of following one's brothers. Furthermore, the decorative pattern on the tombstone of "Monkey King Tongtian" is compared with that of "Monkey King Tongtian". The tombstones of "Saints" are more rich and exquisite. It can be concluded from this that the two tombstones in the Shuangsheng Temple indicate that this is the tomb of the Sun Wukong brothers. Is there really a person named Sun Wukong in the world?
Wu Chengen was not the first person to write Journey to the West. During the Yuan Dynasty, a man named Wu Changling compiled a set of Yuan drama "Seeking Buddhist Scriptures from the West", which was the prototype. Another one, Yang Jingxian, wrote another set of Yuan dramas called "Journey to the West" based on this "Journey to the West".
Classmate Wu Cheng'en inherited Yang Jingxian's routine and wrote the handed down "Journey to the West". However, the two books are actually very different. For example, when writing about Sun Wukong, the Sun Wukong in Yuan Zaju had a wife, and he was also a monkey who boasted about his huge penis. In Wu Chengen's case, Sun Wukong became a monkey who could only eat peaches after immobilizing the fairy. But we still have to talk about the origin of Sun Dasheng. Of course, it’s not that he jumped out of a stone, but how he popped up in Wu Chengen’s head as a lone and heroic Monkey King. The true origin of Sun Wukong, this person does exist in history!
The first is that Sun Dasheng evolved from Wuzhi Qi when Dayu was controlling floods. Wuzhiqi was originally a water monster who looked like a monkey. And the most important thing is that what he did next is very similar to what the Great Sage did after he caused trouble in the sky. When Yu was managing the Huaihe River, Wuzhiqi thought he should go out and take a dip. Dayu had no intention of being polite to him, so he summoned the mythical beast Kuilong and arrested Wuzhiqi in the name of disrupting water control. The true origin of Sun Wukong, this person does exist in history!
The second one is the Indian monkey god Hanuman. Compared with the ancient water monster above, this Indian version of Sun Dasheng has more roles and stronger abilities. In Indian mythology, Hanuman has not been a peaceful person since he was a child. When he was just born, when he saw the sun in the sky, he wanted to go up and take a bite of it. When the master above saw that this thing was edible, he immediately struck it down with lightning, which hit Hanuman on the chin. His appearance is also very interesting. He has four faces and eight hands, and his weapon is a Ruyi golden stick. Moreover, Hanuman is a more lone hero than the great sage. Entrusted by the monkey king, he rescued the wife of the Indian great god from the hands of the great devil. This story is very popular in Indian mythology, and there are temples to Hanuman even today. The true origin of Sun Wukong, this person does exist in history!
The third type is in Shipantuo. He is a portrait from the Dunhuang Grottoes. The portrait shows Master Xuanzang traveling westward to obtain Buddhist scriptures, accompanied by a monkey-like foreigner. This is the true historical story of Xuanzang’s journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures. When Xuanzang arrived in Guazhou, he was trapped in Dunhuang and could not travel westward. Because in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, border control was still very strict, so if Xuanzang continued his journey westward, he would be considered an illegal immigrant and arrested. At that time, there was a low-level official Li Chang in Guazhou. He came with a wanted order from the Tang Dynasty and asked Xuanzang whether he was a monk traveling westward. Xuanzang did not hide anything, but told the truth. Unexpectedly, Li Chang tore up the wanted order in front of him and found a local monk to help Xuanzang travel westward to India. The true origin of Sun Wukong, this person does exist in history! Is the prototype of Sun Wukong an Indian monkey or a water monster in the Classic of Mountains and Seas?
Both are possible, but I personally think the latter is more likely, because the author Wu Chengen is a Han nationality and an outstanding novelist in the Ming Dynasty of China. He is the author of "Journey to the West". He was smart and well-read since he was a child, especially fairy tales. He suffered repeated setbacks in the imperial examinations and was promoted to Gongsheng in Jiajing. In the forty-fifth year of Jiajing reign (1566), he was appointed as county magistrate in coastal areas of Zhejiang. Due to difficulties in his official career, Shulu decided not to pursue an official career in his later years and wrote behind closed doors.
1. The Indian monkey god comes from Hu Shi. At the beginning of the study of "Journey to the West" last year, he proposed that the prototype of Sun Wukong came from India. He introduced that there is a long epic in India called "Rama". "Yana", in the story there is a divine monkey named Haroman, who is upright and righteous, has great supernatural powers, and also has a large group of "children" whistling in the wind. He is the prototype of Sun Wukong. The revelation is: It is impossible for the ancient Sun Wukong to have a direct connection with the Indian monkey god. Can there be an indirect connection through the culture of the Western Regions? Experts have discovered that there are indeed many cultural phenomena related to monkeys on the ancient Silk Road in the Western Regions. These may have gradually been attracted to the story of Tang Monk who obtained scriptures and finally became Sun Wukong.
2. Water monster. Lu Xun said that Sun Wukong was influenced by traditional Chinese culture, especially Taoist culture. The example he cited was Wuzhi Qi (Wuzhi Qi), the water god of Huai River.
The story of Wuzhiqi originated in the Tang Dynasty. It was roughly said that when Dayu was controlling floods, he locked and suppressed the mischievous water god under Guishan Mountain. In the Tang Dynasty, people accidentally dragged Wuzhiqi out from under Guishan Mountain, and then they saw clearly This famous water god is a big monkey with glowing eyes. Lu Xun believed that this monkey was the prototype of Sun Wukong. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, when Yang Jingxian changed the story of Tang Monk's Buddhist scriptures into a drama, he merged the divine monkey Sun Wukong in the original Buddhist scripture story with the folk monkey spirit Monkey King to create a Monkey King who combines Buddhism and Taoism. The stone statue of Monkey King discovered in Fujian proves that the Monkey King Monkey King family has long existed among the people, which also proves that Sun Wukong was indeed influenced by Taoist culture. Wukong(54)Traditional Chinese(3)