Character profile
Sun Wukong
孫悟空Monkey King
Biography
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, is a literary and religious figure and one of the central characters of the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West. He is a monkey born from stone who gains supernatural powers through Taoist practices.
Story spoilers
After rebelling against heaven, Sun Wukong is imprisoned beneath a mountain by the Buddha. Five hundred years later, he accompanies Tang Sanzang, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing on the journey to obtain Buddhist sutras in the West.
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