Who is the representative character of Chinese animation?

Sun Wukong

Introduction to Journey to the West

The Journey to the West mainly depicts the story of the four masters and disciples, namely, the Tang Monk, Sun Wukong, Piggy, and Sha Monk (Wujing), who went to the west to fetch scriptures and endured nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties. The story of the Longevity Monk's quest for scriptures is a true event in history. About 1,300 years ago, that is, the first year of Emperor Taizong Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty (627), the young monk Xuanzang, who was only 25 years old, left the capital city of Chang'an, and traveled to Tianzhu (India) to study. After his departure from Chang'an, he traveled through Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and finally arrived in India after enduring hardships and dangers. He studied there for more than two years and was acclaimed as the chief lecturer at a large debate on Buddhist scriptures. In the 19th year of Zhenguan (645), Xuanzang returned to Chang'an and brought back 657 Buddhist scriptures. He took the scriptures in the West, before and after nineteen years, traveling tens of thousands of miles, is a legendary long journey, sensational. Later, Xuanzang dictated the westward journey, by the disciple of the defense of the machine recorded into the "Great Tang Western Regions" twelve volumes. But this book is mainly about the road to see the history of the countries, geography and transportation, there is no story. And to his disciples Hui Li, Yen-Tsang wrote the "Datang Da Ci'en Temple Sanzang Venerable Master Biography", but for the experience of Xuanzang added a lot of mythological color, from then on, the story of the Tang Monk to obtain the scriptures began to be widely circulated in the folklore.

The Southern Song Dynasty has the Poetry Story of the Three Tibetans of the Tang Dynasty fetching the scriptures, the Jin Dynasty courtyard book has the Three Tibetans of the Tang Dynasty and the Peach Party, etc. The Yuan Yuan miscellaneous dramas include Wu Changling's The Three Tibetans of the Tang Dynasty fetching the scriptures from the Western Heaven, and Anonymous's The God of the Erlang locking the Qi Daxing, etc., which have laid the foundation of the creation of the Journey to the West. It was also on the basis of folklore and the books and operas that Wu Cheng'en completed this great great literary masterpiece that made the Chinese nation proud, after painstaking re-creation.

Wu Chengen, the word Ruzhong, the number of the Shiyang mountain people, Huai'an Province Shanyang (present-day Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province) people. He was born between the thirteenth year of Hongzhi of Ming Dynasty and the early years of Zhengde (1500-1510), and died in the tenth year of Wanli (1582). Wu Cheng'en's great-grandfather and grandfather were both scholars and served as instructors and oracles in county schools. However, when his father, Wu Rui's generation, was poor, he went out to the Xu family and "inherited the business of the Xu family and sat in the shop", becoming a small merchant. Nevertheless, the Wu family did not lose the tradition of studying. It is said that his father, Wu Rui, although a merchant, not only is decent, but also good reading, good talk about current politics, which naturally have a greater impact on Wu Chengen. Wu Cheng'en was very smart from a young age, entered the school at an early age, and became a young man of ambition, famous in the countryside. Tianqi "Huai'an Fu Zhi" Volume 16 said Wu Chengen "sensitive and intelligent, Boji group of books, for poetry and literature, the pen into." But the adult Wu Chengyen is not very smooth, in the road of the imperial examination into the body of repeated setbacks, to the age of more than 40 years old to make up for a yearly tribute to the student, more than 50 years of age has served as a county minister in Changxing, Zhejiang Province, and later served as a king of the House of King Jing Jisan, which is the same as the level of county ministers almost the same level of leisure position.

Wu Chengen wrote Journey to the West after his middle age, or it is thought to have been made in his later years, but the exact time cannot be determined. In addition to the Journey to the West, he also composed a long poem, Erlang Soushan Tu Ge (Song of Erlang Searching the Mountain), and Yuding Zhi (Record of Yuding). The four surviving volumes of The Draft of the Survival of Shiyang Xian, including one volume of poems and three volumes of prose, were compiled and edited by Qudu after Wu Cheng'en's death.

The whole book of Journey to the West is one hundred times, which can be divided into three parts in terms of its general structure. The first to the eighth is the first part, mainly written the Monkey King's birth, worship teacher, and make trouble in the Palace of Heaven, which is the most wonderful chapter of the book, hilarious, the Monkey King into the sky and the earth a good toss, will be his rebellious character to show to the fullest. The eighth to the twelfth is the second part, which mainly writes about the origin of the Tang Monk and the reason for fetching scriptures. The thirteenth to the last time is the third part, mainly written about the Tang monk in the west to get the scriptures, on the way has received the Sun Wukong, Pigsy, Sha and Shang three disciples, and through nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties, and finally got the real scriptures, and cultivated the right fruit. The Journey to the West shows people a colorful world of gods and demons, and people are amazed at the author's rich and bold artistic imagination.

However, any literary work is a reflection of a certain social life, and Journey to the West, as an outstanding representative of the novels of gods and demons, is no exception. As Mr. Lu Xun pointed out in "A Brief History of the Chinese Novel", "Journey to the West" is "a satirical derision of the world at that time, and to describe it in an exaggerated way". Also said: "the author's endowment, 'good at harmonizing the drama', so although the story of the change of things out of the blue, but also mixed with the words of understanding, so that the gods and devils have human feelings, and the charm is also through the world." Indeed. Through the imaginary world of gods and demons in Journey to the West, we can see the projection of the real society everywhere. For example, in the creation of the image of the Monkey King, the author's ideals have been placed. Sun Wukong's indomitable spirit of struggle and his fearlessness to fight against all demons and devils reflect the wishes and demands of the people. He represents a kind of righteous power, showing the people's belief in victory over all difficulties. Another example is the demons encountered on the way to fetch the scriptures, which are either illusions of natural disasters or symbols of evil forces. Their greed, ferocity, insidiousness and cunning are also the characteristics of the dark forces in the feudal society. Not only that, the Heavenly Palace ruled by the Jade Emperor and the Western Elysium governed by Buddha Rulai are also strongly painted with the colors of the earthly society. The author's attitude towards the supreme ruler of the feudal society is also quite interesting. In Journey to the West, it is simply impossible to find a competent emperor; as for the dim-witted Jade Emperor, the king of the Chechi Kingdom who favors monsters, and the king of the Bichu Kingdom who wants to use children's hearts and livers as medicine, they are either dimwits or tyrants. The portrayal of these images, even if it is a handful, is always of strong practical significance. The Journey to the West not only has a profound ideological content, but also has a high artistic achievement. It is rich and peculiar artistic imagination, vivid and twisted storyline, vivid characters, humorous and witty language, constructed a unique "Journey to the West" art palace.

But I think the greatest artistic achievement of Journey to the West is the successful creation of two immortal artistic images of Sun Wukong and Pigsy. Sun Wukong, the first main character in Journey to the West, is a very remarkable hero. He has infinite skills, is not afraid of the sky or the earth, and has an unyielding spirit of resistance. He has the extraordinary temperament of a great hero and the disadvantage of listening to compliments. He is witty and courageous, but also witty and hilarious. And his greatest characteristic is that he dares to fight. Dare to fight with the supreme Jade Emperor, the flute is called the "Great Sage of Qi Tian" reputation; with the demons and monsters dare to fight, fiery eyes will never let go of a demon, such as under the Golden Hoop Stick will never be merciful to the demons; with all the difficulties dare to fight, never retreat and bow down. This is the Monkey King, a glorious mythological hero. When it comes to Piggy, his ability than the Monkey King can be far worse, not to mention what glorious and lofty, but this image is also portrayed very well. Piggy is a comedic image, he is honest and simple, has the strength, but also dare to fight with the demons, is the first right-hand man of the Monkey King. But he is full of faults, such as delicious, good to take advantage of small gains, good women, afraid of difficulties, often have to beat the drum, the heart of the old thinking about the daughter-in-law of Gao Laozhuang; he sometimes love to tell a lie, can be clumsy and said not round; he also occasionally provoke the Tang Monk to read the tightly-banded incantation, so that the Sun Wukong ate some pain; he even hid a little private money, stuffed in the ear. His faults are really many, which are exactly the vices of small privateers. The author's criticism of Piggy's shortcomings is harsh, yet well-intentioned. He is not a negative character, so people do not dislike Piggy, but on the contrary feel very real and lovely. The image of the Tang Monk is also well written, but compared to the Monkey King and Porky Pig, it is much inferior. Monk Sha is even more lack of distinctive character traits, which can not be said to be the "Journey to the West" of the shortcomings. Nevertheless, the artistic achievement of Journey to the West is still very amazing. The two figures of Sun Wukong and Pigsy, with their distinctive personality traits, have set up a monumental artistic monument in the history of Chinese literature. Moreover, the characters here also bring a lot of worthwhile reference value to modern management science.

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Sun Wukong is one of the most dominant characters in Journey to the West, which represents the ancient Chinese sentiment and pursuit of goodness, justice, and non-arbitrariness.

Birth and Experience

Born in the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits of the Aorai Kingdom in the Eastern Divine Continent. In order to seek the method of immortality, he went to Lingtai Square Inch Mountain and the Three Stars Cave to worship Master Bodhi, and learned 72 changes and somersault clouds

In order to find a competent weapon, he messed with the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea, and finally found the Iron Ruyi Golden Hoop Stick which is the precious treasure of the God of the Sea; because of the expiration of the life of the Yang, he messed with the hell, changed the book of life and death, and returned to the earth.

The first time he was recruited by heaven, he was named Pilma Wen;

The second time he was recruited by heaven, he was named Qitian Da Sheng;

Stealing the peaches and causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace, he was pressed by RuLai under the Five Fingers Mountain;

After 500 years, he was rescued by the Tang Monk, and worshipped him as his master, and set out on the road of fetching scriptures from the Western Heaven. After eighty-one difficulties, he finally accomplished great success and was named Doo Sai Fut Buddha.

About the name

Sun Hsing- In the literary version of Journey to the West, Sun Wukong is mostly referred to as "Hsing".

Sun Wukong - the name given by Master Bodhi.

Monkey King - When Sun Wukong was first born, he became the king of the monkeys after leading them into the Water Curtain Cave, and thus called himself the Monkey King.

The Great Sage of Qi Tian - After Sun Wukong was recruited by the first Heavenly Court, he returned to the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits because he felt cheated and rebelled against going down to the Heavenly Court, naming himself the Great Sage of Qi Tian, and the Heavenly Court was later forced to recognize the title.

The Pilgrim - the official position he was given when he first arrived in the Heavenly Realm.

Weapon Skills

Ruyi Golden Hoop Rod

Seventy-two Changes

Fiery Eyes and Golden Eyes - After causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace, he was refined by Lord Taishang in his furnace for seventy-seven days, and he refined his fiery eyes and golden eyes. It can tell the original form of the demon.

S筋斗云-一个筋斗十万八千里，但也不能翻不出如来佛祖的手掌心。

Cultural Influence

Classic stories such as Pandemonium in the Palace of Heaven and Three Strikes Against the White Bone Demon have been adapted into a variety of operas and movies.

The name of the main character of the Japanese manga Seven Dragon Balls is also called Sun Wukong.

New Tales of the Journey to the West: by Tong Enzheng, it tells the story of Sun Wukong, Pigsy, and Sha Heshang studying in the United States more than 1,000 years after the Journey to the West. It's very humorous and witty, and it also makes a certain degree of satire and exposé on corruption in both Eastern and Western societies.

The Journey to the West with Big Lies: The movie starring Stephen Chow created the peak of Stephen Chow's movie due to its unique and nonsensical style. It has also had a huge impact on teenagers, and a large proportion of Chinese teenagers can now remember some of the movie's lines.

Sun Wukong, the Great Sage of Qi Tian Da Sheng, is a household name in the novel Journey to the West. But many people don't know the rest of the story, except for the fact that after the novel was written, Lord Buddha honored him with the title "Dou Sheng Fu" (斗战胜佛).

The Monkey King is also known as Taiyi Sanxian in Taoism. He is one of the "Seven Saints" in the legend. The "Seven Saints" are: the "Great Sage of the Flat Sky", King Bull Demon; the "Great Sage of the Restored Sea", King Jiao Demon; the "Great Sage of the Mixed World", King Peng Demon; the "Great Sage of the Mixed World", King Peng Demon; the "Great Sage of the Mixed World", King Peng Demon. Peng Demon King; Lion Hunchback King; Rhesus Monkey King; and Yu (the left side of the character needs to be added with an anti-dog side, and this character is only included in the "Sea of Chinese Characters" and the "Kangxi Dictionary"). Kangxi Dictionary) marmoset king; "Qi Tian Da Sheng" monkey king.

(Attachment: Alias of the Golden Cudgel: Ruyi Golden Cudgel, Divine Needle, Dinghai Divine Needle Iron, Spirit Yang Rod, Nine Turns of Polished Steel, Tianhe Zhendi Divine Needle)

Why is the Monkey King called the Monkey Monkey King?

The Journey to the West uses the Monkey King as a metaphor for the human mind (the ape). Through his mind, a man can do both evil and good. The nature of man is true Buddha nature, only through the abandonment of evil and good practice and realization, in order to subdue the heart ape, the realization of the true nature of Buddha, so there is the seventh "Bagua Furnace in the escape of the Great Sage, the five lines of the mountain under the fixed heart ape". Journey to the West in a combination of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism of a variety of concepts, such as the Journey to the West in the Monkey King's master Bodhi, where the master lives is the "Lintai Square Inch Mountain, three-star hole in the slanting moon," the two phrases in fact, are also referred to as the "heart".

The authenticity and birthplace of the Monkey King

I. Xuanzang to get the map of the new conclusions - "Sun Wukong" is Gansu

1. Tang Dynasty monk "Shi Wukong" said. Wukong's lay name is Che Feng Chao,

In 751 A.D., he accompanied Zhang Guangtao on a mission to the Western Regions, and because of his illness, he became a monk in Gandhara, and returned to the capital in 789 A.D. He was born after Xuanzang's death, but he was not a monk. Shi Wukong later than Xuanzang more than 40 years, but his departure from the place also began in Anxi, back in the western region in the translation and missionary activities for many years, leaving many deeds and legends. Some scholars believe that in the "scripture" story in the long process of change, people gradually release the name of the Wukong and the legend accompanied by the Tang Monk scripture "monkey walker" name contact and pinch together, gradually formed the "Sun Wukong The artistic image of "Sun Wukong" was gradually formed.

2. "Shibanta" said. Harbin Normal University, professor of the Chinese Department of Zhang Jinchi in the study of the story flow process concluded that the reality of the Monkey King's prototype for the "Three Tibet Masters biography" contained in the west of Xuanzang most difficult to collect the Hu disciple Shi Pandu. The reason is: the Monkey King of the Tang Monk and Shi Pantuo of Xuanzang, (1) guide role similar; (2) to solve the role of the crisis is similar; (3) the identity of the walker is the same; (4) the master-disciple relationship is similar to the subtleties of; (5) Shi Pantuo is a hu monk, hu monks with the "monkeys" close to the sound. Under the guidance of religious thought, "the Tang monk to get the scriptures, Hu monk help" easy to pass for "the Tang monk to get the scriptures, rats help", thus providing an opportunity for Xuanzang to get the scriptures of the story of the demonization.

3. October 29, 2003, in Shanxi Jishan County, found in the Qinglong Temple, "Xuanzang fetch map", its drawing time than the "Journey to the West" book nearly a century earlier.

The famous Sage Sun Wukong "born" in the Eastern Divine Continent, Aorai country Huaguo Mountain Peak in an immortal stone. About its life originally in the "Journey to the West" in the "calendar can be examined". But recently there are media reports, experts through the Yulin Grottoes in Gansu Province, the mural painting of the Tang Monk to get the scriptures, found that the mural painting of a sharp-tongued, monkey-cheeked hu man who followed the Tang Monk is the prototype of the Monkey King.

This article puts forward, Dunhuang Research Institute Honorary President Mr. Duan Wenjie has written an article pointed out that the picture of the monkey-shaped man that is the prototype of the Monkey King, named Shi Pandu, whose hometown is in today's Gansu Province, Anxi County, locking the Yangcheng area, so the Monkey King is supposed to be the people of Gansu.

So about the Monkey King's life is more confusing, the Monkey King's image in the end from where, is he really from a Gansu Hu evolution? With some curiosity, the reporter interviewed Mr. Hu Xiaowei, a famous classical novel expert and researcher at the Institute of Literature of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Lu Xun believes that the Monkey King originated from Wu Zhi Qi, the god of water in Huaiyi, but Hu Shi believes that his prototype is Hanuman, the Indian god monkey.

Hu researcher introduced, "Journey to the West" after the book, although circulated for hundreds of years, but the ordinary readers of the story of the characters of the evolution of the source has been unclear, as if it was originally "popped out of the cracks in the stone a Sun monkey. Until Lu Xun's "A Brief History of the Chinese Novel" started a generation of pioneers, "Sun Wukong" is what the gods, only as a serious academic issue on the table.

Lu Xun believes that, since the Wei and Jin dynasties, the translation of Buddhist texts is increasing, so the Indian stories are also widely circulated in the folklore, and the literati like its novelty and strangeness, so intentionally or unintentionally used, and then these stories slowly become Chinese. As for the characterization of the Monkey King, Lu Xun believed that it should come from Chinese folklore, citing the monster in the novel of Li Gongzuo of the Tang Dynasty, the god of water in the Huaiyi River, Wu Zhiqi, as evidence that the Monkey King evolved from it, thus concluding that the prototype of the Monkey King came from China itself.

Hu Shi thinks differently, he said: "I always suspect that this powerful monkey is not a national product, but a piece of imported from India. Perhaps even the myth of Wuji was copied under Indian influence." He found a divine monkey, Hanuman, in India's oldest epic, the Ramayana, and believed that this was the earliest prototype of the Monkey King.

Chen Yincheng argued that the Monkey King's prototype was indeed Hanuman, while patterns in Gansu murals suggest that the story of Journey to the West had already been circulated in the Tang Dynasty.

Chen Yin Ke, a great historian, is extremely familiar with the Buddhist scriptures, and not only verifies that the prototype of the Monkey King is Hanuman in the Ramayana, but also uses another Sutra of Virtue and Foolishness as a proof, and he finds that the story of the "Dajiwu Tiangong" originated from two unrelated Indian folk tales, and that, after it was introduced to China, the Buddhist scriptures were transmitted to China through the use of a combination of the two stories, intentionally or accidentally. He found that the story of "The Greatest Havoc in Heaven" originally originated from two unrelated Indian folk tales, but after it was introduced to China, the purveyors of the Buddhist scriptures intentionally or unintentionally merged the two in the telling.

The establishment of Dunhuang studies at the beginning of the last century added some new images to the story of the "Journey to the West", mainly wall paintings, both on foot and on the back of the image of the back frame, but also similar to the "Monkey walker" of the hu people leading the horse with the image of the story of the characters through the successive generations of gain and loss.

In recent years, Dunhuang Research Institute Honorary President Duan Wenjie published "new discovery of Xuanzang to explore", focusing on the existing six groups of Gansu Xixia period, "Xuanzang to explore the map", and introduced a similar story in the Tang Dynasty has been circulating in the folklore. Five Dynasties after the Zhou period, Yangzhou Shouning Temple Tibetan scripture courtyard also preserved a mural "Xuanzang take the map", then people sigh as "the best". This mural is the latest work of the latter Zhou, the temple has been destroyed, the mural does not exist.

"Journey to the West" basic character framework formed in the Yuan Dynasty, the Indian monkey after Tibetan Buddhism re-creation into the Monkey King.

Hu researcher in the study found that, although the above claims are based on evidence, but the story of Xuanzang's journey to the scriptures since the Tang to the Song Dynasty, popular for hundreds of years, the change of the story of the characters to add a rather slow, but the richness of the story in the Yuan Dynasty, there is a "blowout" outbreak. He believes that, according to Duan Wenjie and other experts in cultural relics are often based on the creation of Wu Chengen in the late Ming Dynasty, but did not take into account the fact that the Yuan Dynasty has appeared "Journey to the West" miscellaneous drama and "poetry". Hu researcher pointed out, from the "Yongle Dazhen" in the analysis of the literature, there have been a number of later novels "Journey to the West" story, especially a North Korea (topic, library) Chinese literature "Park Tongji proverbs solution" in the "Chechiguo fight" in the story of Sun Xingzhi is very important. Famous literary scholar and translator Zhao Jingshen believes that the book Park Tongsi Proverbs Explanation "was published around the Yuan Dynasty". Prof. Kim Min-ho of Korea's Hanlin University also suggests that the book was written in the seventh year of the Yuan Dynasty (1347). In addition, last year, Shanxi Jishan County also found the Yuan Dynasty "Xuanzang fetch sutra map" mural. All of these prove that the later "Journey to the West" of the basic story character framework is likely to be formed in the Yuan Dynasty.

Hu researcher believes that, although the prototype of the Monkey King image and the Indian epic and folk tales in the image of the god monkey some correlation, but the Tang and Song dynasty ideological and cultural background did not make it happen "qualitative leap", "Journey to the West" story of the shocking content so will be in the Yuan dynasty to show "blowout" outbreak. The explanation for the explosion of the shocking content of the Journey to the West in the Yuan dynasty should be sought in the context of the importation of Lamaism, which was dominant at that time, as well as the debates between the Buddhist and Taoist schools. In other words, although Sun Monkey is not related to the Indian monkey, it was once "imported twice" by Tibetan Buddhism, and only then became active in the readers with a vivid image.

According to the reporter, the report that Mr. Duan Wenjie had identified the Monkey King as a native of Gansu is a falsehood. Dr. Zhong Wen of the Chinese Department of Harbin Normal University wrote in Guangming Daily as early as April 27, 2002, that Mr. Zhang Jinchi made the claim that the image of the Monkey King came from Shibanta.

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Sun Wukong, the protagonist of the Japanese manga "Seven Dragon Balls" (also translated as "Dragon Balls"), Sun Wukong an alien, fell as on Earth, was saved by an old man called Sun Wuhan, took the name of Sun Wukong, grew up to defend the peace of the Earth.

The Monkey King is an ape is a monkey test

The Great Sage said: I was - heaven and earth generated spirit mixed fairy, flower and fruit mountain in an old ape.

Buddha heard, laughed coldly: "You are a monkey is a spirit".

Sun Wukong's characteristics are: walking upright, have a tail, cheek pouch (crop) and buttocks callus, weighing in about 60KG.

The most significant difference in appearance between apes and monkeys is that apes do not have tails, cheek pouches and callosities (buttocks warts) on their buttocks, except for the gibbon, which has buttocks warts (it is a lower ape).

The largest monkey in the world is the African baboon, which stands 90 centimeters to a meter tall and weighs upwards of 50 kilograms.

When distinguished by physical features, those with tails are called "monkeys" and those without tails are called "apes".

Ape also belongs to the narrow-nosed class, because their appearance and man-made most similar, scientifically known as "apes", they are in the blood relationship, but also very similar to people. Modern hominids include the gibbons and brown apes (orangutans) of Asia; and the great apes (gorillas) and black apes (chimpanzees) of Africa.

Usually female apes can grow up to 40 kilograms and males up to 75-100 kilograms.

The largest of the primates are the apes - gorillas - which can weigh up to 275 kilograms.

Ru Lai once said: "the five immortals within the circumference of the sky, is heaven and earth gods and ghosts; there are five insects, is a wasp scales feather Kun. This guy is non-heavenly non-earthly non-gods non-people non-ghosts, also non-wasps non-scale non-hair non-feather non-kun. And there are four monkeys mixed, not into the ten kinds of species. "The first is the Lingming stone monkey, through the change, know the time, know the land, move the stars. The second is the red-shirred monkey, know yin and yang, will be personnel, good access, avoid death and prolong life. The third is the arm monkey, take the sun and moon, shrinking thousands of mountains, identify the blame, Qiankun MoLiang. The fourth is the six-eared macaque, good at listening to the sound, can observe the reason, know before and after, all things are clear. These four monkeys, not into the ten types of species, not up to the name of the two.

Sun Wukong is one of the four monkeys, "Ling Ming Shi Monkey", seems to be a monkey.

The Monkey King has the characteristics of both apes and monkeys:

Characteristics of apes: walks upright and weighs about 120 kilograms.

Monkey characteristics: has a tail, cheek pouch (crop) and callus on his buttocks.

He looks like both an ape and a monkey, and there is no dispute that the six-eared macaque is a macaque. There is also no dispute that Yuan Hong is a white ape.

There are 180 species of monkeys in 11 families and 51 genera, like: rhesus monkeys, sloth monkeys, spider monkeys, colobus monkeys, langur monkeys, red-faced monkeys, baboons, mandrills, golden monkeys, black langur monkeys and so on.

There are four species of apes: gibbons, brown apes, black apes and great apes.

Also, monkey is just a common name, so it's okay to say that the Monkey King is a monkey.

Conclusion: the Monkey King was born a stone monkey, a four-unlike: an ape-like body, a human-like intelligence, a monkey-like tail, and a stone-like density.

P.S.: Distinguishing apes from monkeys

Monkeys and apes are not the same

Monkeys are much less biologically categorized than apes, that is to say, in terms of proximity to man, and in terms of affinities to man, monkeys are much more distant than apes. Modern monkeys, apes and people in the animal genealogy of the same primate, monkeys in the lower lemurs and spectacled monkeys, but also higher New World broad-nosed monkeys such as capuchin monkeys, there are a variety of narrow-nosed monkeys of the Old World, we see in the zoo of the golden monkeys, langur monkeys, whiskers, macaques and so on are, especially the macaques, in the Monkey Mountain, live, jumping and chasing everywhere, a noisy jostling the sound of the most amusing.

The apes also belong to the narrow-nosed class, because their appearance and human beings are most similar, scientifically known as "apes", they are in the blood relationship, but also very similar to people. Modern hominids include the gibbons and brown apes (orangutans) of Asia, and the great apes (gorillas) and black apes (chimpanzees) of Africa. Apes and monkeys on the appearance of the most significant difference is that the apes do not have a tail, buccal sacs (cheeks on each side of the mouth has a sac, eat into the mouth of the food, if a moment too late to chew, it is temporarily stored in the buccal sacs, waiting for a free time to chew and swallow) and buttocks on the callosities (buttock warts), only gibbons have buttock warts (which is a lower ape), monkeys have all of these structures.

Androids are quiet animals, rarely making noise or greeting their companions unless necessary. They are solitary and do not have a personal domain, and usually several apes*** share an area of the rainforest without interfering with each other.

The hands are longer than the feet, is also one of the characteristics of apes, because of the tree-dwelling so apes have a great grip on the limbs, in order to facilitate them in the trees at will to climb, swing, play, or grab food.

Additionally, their fingers are like human beings, very flexible, together with the hard teeth and clever mind, no matter how difficult to peel the fruit, can not be difficult to defeat them. Apes turn out to be a world away from monkeys - in addition, great apes and other smaller apes (gibbons), monkeys, lemurs and humans, although all are classified by zoologists as primates, apes, like humans, are tailless, whereas all monkeys have tails (some species have only vestigial traces left), and that's exactly what makes apes and monkeys different.

Introduction to apes

After apes reach adulthood, the females must spend much of their time caring for their children, while the males are mostly on their own; in addition to a distinct fleshy cheek on their face, adult males have a throat sac that produces a roar that can travel up to a kilometer away, mainly to drive away other males invading the territory or to attract the attention of the females. Mature males are much larger than females, usually up to 40 kilograms for females and 75-100 kilograms for males (orangutans kept in zoos are often even fatter due to overfeeding and lack of space to move around), and when they spread their long, hairy arms, they can be more than 180 centimeters in length, which makes them look quite large and powerful.

Why the Monkey King can cause havoc in the Palace of Heaven, but can not beat many goblins

"Journey to the West" is China's outstanding classical mythological works, many people read the same feeling: why the Monkey King can cause havoc in the Palace of Heaven, but can not beat many goblins, but also many conjectures and explanations. Some say that this is the paradox of the Journey to the West, intentionally so written, otherwise there is no play, some say that the heavenly court corruption, the gods do not go out of full force, casually throw a hand jewelry bracelet can be put the monkey flat, etc., I see otherwise.

"Journey to the West" and "Enchantment of the Gods" is related, "Journey to the West" in the goblins and treasures most of them in the Enchantment of the Gods have to deal with, Enchantment of the Gods story took place in the end of the Shang Dynasty - the beginning of the 11th century BC, Wukong haunted the Palace of Heaven is in the first year of the year or so, 1,100 years later than the former, and then 600 years later, Xuanzang in August 627 AD to take the scriptures. The gods in the sky also became the heavenly kings and stars from the Hierophant and Interceptor congregation of refiners and dispersers in the Feudal Deities.

Wu Chengen (about 1506-1582), Xu Zhonglin (about 1567-1620), from the birth of the two authors, the completion of the book "Fengshen Yanyi" is after the "Journey to the West". And the story written is again the former part of the Journey to the West, the narrative of the origin of the gods and so on.

The treasures of the goblins in the Journey to the West were their masters', and they themselves were subdued when they encountered these treasures, that is to say, they themselves could not withstand these treasures, and once the treasures fell into the hands of the monkeys, they were subdued, and the story was over. Their masters' treasures were their masters' greatest skill. Without these treasures, their men may not be able to submit, and they may not be able to subdue their men. And some of the treasures their masters may not be able to withstand, to say the least no goblin's master can withstand all the goblins' treasures on the road to the West!

In the feudal deities, all of the treasure is the thing thing, there is no one treasure is invincible, gold hinge shears encountered falling treasure money as usual was falling, taijitu was trapped in ten array, kunlun twelve gold fairy was mixed gold bucket captured, cut the top of the three flowers, leveled the chest of the five qi vivid in the memory. Land pressure empty flying daggers, as usual, by the mixed element gold bucket taken. Wukong haunted the Palace of Heaven, the immortals of the first is the origin of Wukong and know nothing about the skills, and the second is not sure of their own treasure, because their treasures are not their own creation, either their master, or the master of the ancestors made, they know very well, if the baby can not check each other, or the enemy's baby down, or the baby was destroyed, their own lives. It is because they do not know whether their own treasure can not restrain the demon monkey, or the demon monkey has a more powerful magic treasure to surrender their own treasure, then their own disgrace not to mention, may also lose their lives. This is the reason why the immortals did not dare to use their treasures first. The immortals after 1100 years ago, after the God's death, already have self-knowledge, who knows their own treasure can not hold the monkey? Who knows that the monkey will not take the treasure, who knows that the monkey has no more powerful treasure? Who knows if the monkey has a more powerful treasure, and from which master's hand did his treasure come? Even if his treasure breaks the monkey's treasure, will the master blame him? All the treasures of the Four Heavenly Kings failed to capture the Monkey, but were instead taken by the Monkey. The Supreme Lord is the head of all the immortals, he is not sure about the vajra circle, afraid of making a fool of himself in front of his disciples and grandchildren, if he can't get the weapon of the demon monkey, he will be laughed at by the demon monkey. This is different from the feudal gods in the play, then the gods are just become immortal not long, and the gods of the millennium of the disaster, all thought their own baby invincible, the first shot for the strong, so they compete to use the baby first. As a result, some of them injured their opponents, and some of them were taken by the other's treasure.

The road to the West is very different, the goblins in addition to the baby, nothing else great ability, if you don't use the baby, Wukong is absolutely not afraid of, that is to say, basically not able to surrender Wukong, the baby generally look at Wukong is not prepared to come to a sudden attack, there is a call for the name of the entry, there is a sudden when the head of the cover, the goblins only so dare to use these babies, first of all, it's a goblins of the watchman, do not make it not, the desperate, secondly, they have to use these babies. The second is that they don't know much about the treasure, they only know that the treasure is marvelous and infinite, anyway, it's more than enough to take themselves, and the main reason for holding Wukong is that although these treasures are their master's, but in the final analysis, it's the master of their master's master or master's ancestor who gave them to their masters, and there is a dry place inside these treasures, which contains either the opportunity of the heaven and earth or the number of the hidden yin and yang. Wukong, just temporarily trapped him, I'm afraid that these babies if loaded with the master of the goblin will also have to lose their lives, not see the red essence of the son of see the yin and yang mirror to run, that is his own baby, he is also afraid of poor blackmail.

The goblins hold the immortal world's first-class magic treasure to war wukong, some of these treasures are Hong even the old man in the year in the split treasure cliff divided into their masters of the division, some of them are the old man in the eight trigrams of the furnace, some of them are heaven and earth to grow, all of them are some of the top treasures, these treasures represent the entire heavenly realm of the most powerful mana, when the haunted heavenly palace of the immortals do not dare to use on the wukong, and now they are under the men steal it!

The masters were also afraid that these treasures would fall into Wukong's hands, and secretly spied on or protected their men, and once the treasures came into Wukong's hands, they ran out and broke the rules, and the sinful beasts didn't show up yet, and sometimes they ran and asked Wukong for the treasures.

So it makes sense that Wukong could fall in the goblin's treasure. It's not that Goku's skills are bad, it's that these babies are too powerful.