Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Reading Week 7: The Monkey King Part A -

"The Ape Sun Wu King" in The Chinese Fair Book, by R.Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H Martens (Story Source)


  • The apes are aware that they will eventually die off
  • An old ape tells a story that whoever obtains a buddha, spirit, or god will live forever
  • The king of the apes wants to go find them
  • The old ape says they live in caves and holy mountains in the world of mortals
  • The king of the apes sets out alone on his quest
  • He lands on a shore and tears the clothes off of a fisherman and wandered around the famous spots
  • He wandered around for 9 years and found nothing
  • He then sets off on the sea again to find the buddhas
  • He heard someone singing and went off in the woods to find this lovely voice
  • He meets a wood-chopper that had been singing a song taught him by a saint
  • The wood-chopper tells the king the way to the saints
  • The ape king was led into the cave through the gate
  • The saint named him Sun Wu Kung
  • The ape king lived there for some six or seven years learning the ways of the saints
  • But he had still not put away his wild nature
Sun Wu Kung (Picture Source)

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