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Sun Wukong

Sun Wukong (Chinese: 孫悟空, Mandarin pronunciation: [swə́n ûkʰʊ́ŋ]), also known as the Monkey King, is a literary and religious figure best known as one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West. In the novel, Sun Wukong is an intelligent monkey (likely a rhesus macaque or a golden snub-nosed monkey) born from a stone…

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Ability
Immortality, 72 Bian (Morphing Powers), Jin Dou Yun (Cloud Surfing), Jin Gang Bu Huai Zhi Shen (Superhuman Durability), Jin Jing Huo Yan (True Sight)
Birthplace
Flowers and Fruit Mountain
Gender
Male
Height
1.3m
Master/Shifu
Patriarch Subodhi, Tang Sanzang
Religion
Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism

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Sun Wukong

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Sun Wukong

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related to In popular culture · 92
Sun Wukong → After, American Born Chinese, Angered, Baigujing, Bái, Chai Hansen, China, Chinese, Chinese American, Chinese Odyssey, Chinese-speaking, D'Artagnan, Daniel Wu, DC Comics' Sun Wukong, Destiny, Disney, Donnie Yen's, Dragon Ball, DreamWorks, English-dubbed
related to Video games · 40
Sun Wukong → Bang Bang, Black Myth, Chinese, Civilization VI's Heroes, Endless Monkey King Tonic, Enslaved, God, His, In, In Dota, In Guild Wars, In Heroes, In Honor, In Mobile Legends, In Pokémon Diamond, In Ravenswatch, In Smite, Journey, Kemono Friends, Kings
related to Disciple to Tang Sanzang · 24
Sun Wukong → Bodhisattva Guanyin, Buddha, Buddhist, China, Five, Guanyin, India, Monkey King, Pigsy, Sandy, Shā Wùjìng, Tang, Tang Sanzang, Tang Sanzang's, The, The Monkey King, They, Throughout, Under Tang Sanzang's, Understanding Sun Wukong
related to Birth and early life · 23
Sun Wukong → According, After, Behind, Flowers, Fruit, Handsome Monkey King, He, In Taoist, Jade Emperor, Jade Palace, Journey, Later, Mountain, On, One, Reminding, The, The Jade Emperor, The Monkey King, They
related to Names and titles · 21
Sun Wukong → Burmese, Cantonese, Japanese, Javanese, Khong, Korean, Listed, Malay, Minnan/Hokkien, Son Gokū, Sonogong, Sun Gokong, Sun Ngokong, Sun Ngō, Sung Ghokong, Sung Gokhong, Syun1 Ng6-hung1, Thai, Tôn Ngộ Không, Vietnamese
related to Music · 19
Sun Wukong → Albarn, Chen Shi-Zheng, Chinese, Damon Albarn, David Henry Hwang, Gorillaz, Gorillaz-style, Huang Ruo, Jamie Hewlett, Journey, K-Pop, Monkey, November, Originally, San Francisco Opera, Seventeen's, Super, The Monkey King, West
related to The Peaches of Immortality · 19
Sun Wukong → Angered, Anyone, Court, During, Guardian, Havoc, Heaven, Heavenly Horses, Heavenly Peach Garden, If Wukong, Immortality, Jade Emperor, Keeper, Peaches, Soon, Ten Kings, The, While, Wukong
related to Chaos in Heaven · 17
Sun Wukong → Cloud Horses, Gold Star, Heaven, Heaven's Equal, Heavens, Hoping, Horses, Jade Emperor, Monkey, Monkey King, Protector, Sun Wukong's, The Great Sage, The Heavens, The Jade Emperor, The Monkey King, When
related to In Xiyoubu · 16
Sun Wukong → Hell, Journey, King, King Paramita, Princess Iron Fan, Qin, Qin Hui, Qing Fish Demon, Song, Supplement, Tang, The, Tong Yue, West, Wukong, Xiyoubu
see also · 16
Sun Wukong → Birthday, Changchup SempaSun Wukong Fossa, Chinese Underworld, Fossa, Hanuman, Hindu, HinduismList, Journey, King Yama, Monkey, Monkey GodDafo Temple, Monkey King's, Pluto, Qing, WestMonkey King FestivalPha Trelgen, Zhangye

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wukong monkey sun king journey heaven west chinese one immortality tang character based wukong's novel buddha jade also mountain later

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Sun WukongAbilityImmortality, 72 Bian (Morphing Powers), Jin Dou Yun (Cloud Surfing), Jin Gang Bu Huai Zhi Shen (Superhuman Durability), Jin Jing Huo Yan (True Sight)1.00infobox
Sun WukongBirthplaceFlowers and Fruit Mountain1.00infobox
Sun WukongGenderMale1.00infobox
Sun WukongHeight1.3m1.00infobox
Sun WukongMaster/ShifuPatriarch Subodhi, Tang Sanzang1.00infobox
Sun WukongReligionBuddhism, Confucianism and Taoism1.00infobox
Sun WukongSourceJourney to the West, c. 1592 (print)1.00infobox
Sun WukongSpeciesMonkey1.00infobox
Sun WukongWeaponRuyi Jingu Bang/Ding Hai Shen Zhen1.00infobox
Sun Wukongis aintelligent monkey0.90text
Sun Wukongis aplayable God0.90text
the Tang dynasty tale The Supplement to Jiang Zong's Biography of a White Apeinstance ofWu suggests that it later influenced literary works0.80text

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