1. Stone Monkey
The Journey to the West said for the first time that there was a fairy stone on the top of Huaguo Mountain, which burst one day and produced a stone egg as big as a ball. When it met the wind, it turned into a stone monkey. Therefore, the Monkey King's first name was Stone Monkey.
2. Monkey King
the Monkey King, whose ancestral home is Dongsheng in China, became the king of monkeys because he led a group of monkeys into water curtain cave, and was honored as "Monkey King".
3. the Monkey King
the Monkey King, whose name was the Monkey King, learned superb spells such as seventy-two changes of the earth demon, somersault cloud and immortality.
4. Bi Mawen
the Monkey King, whose magical powers are just beginning to emerge, first made a scene in the Dragon Palace to get the best gold hoop, and then made a scene in the underworld to get rid of the book of life and death, and practiced the monkeys in Huaguoshan, and then he was embraced by the heaven and officially named Bi Mawen.
5. Monkey King
After learning that Bi Mawen's position was low, the Monkey King returned to Huaguoshan angrily, and the jade emperor sent heavenly soldiers and generals to crusade against Huaguoshan, which was defeated by the Monkey King, forcing the jade emperor to make him Monkey King.
6. Monkey Sun
the Monkey King was crushed under the Five Elements Mountain for more than 5 years to repent and turn over a new leaf. After being enlightened by Guanyin, he was rescued by the Tang Priest and named Monkey Sun.
7. Fighting against the Buddha
the Monkey King protected Tang Priest's Buddhist scriptures in the Western Heaven, exorcised demons all the way, and went through eighty-one difficult without fear of difficulties and hardships. Finally, he got the true scriptures and made them into positive results, and was named as fighting against the Buddha by the Tathagata.
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The origin of the name "the Monkey King"
Although the image of the Monkey King, the Great Sage of the Monkey, created by Wu Cheng'en is a monkey, it is imbued with human spirituality and talent. He stole flat peaches, made a scene in the Heavenly Palace, and on the way to get the scriptures, he cut off demons and put his life at risk for his master. Even his name is ordinary, like ordinary people, and it is a combination of surnames and names that you and I are familiar with.
the Monkey King's name in The Journey to the West was given by his teacher Bodhi Laozu.
the Monkey King was originally a "lynx", and both words can be used as surnames after removing the radicals, but the ancestor explained that the word "lynx" went to a beast, and it was a Gu Yue. Gu Yue is old, and the moon is cloudy. Old Yin can't be educated, so it's better to teach you the surname "Sun". The word "Zhu" has gone to the side of the beast, but it is a child line, and the son is also a boy, and the department is also a baby line, which is in line with the theory of babies. Let's teach you the surname "Sun".
"Sun" is the image of Shao Yang. Shaoyang represents newborn babies, rising in the morning sun, symbolizing high-spirited vitality and creativity, which is the stage that people should pursue. The surname "Sun" is not "Hu", which is the embodiment of Bodhi's father's hope that Great Sage can be vigorous and diligent.
"Wu", Bodhi's founder said: There are twelve words in our school, which are named as broad, big, intelligent, wise, true, like, sexual, sea, clever, enlightened, round and conscious, and you are ranked as the word "Wu".
enlightenment is my heart, which is the foundation of purity, and it is "neither born nor destroyed, neither dirty nor unclean, neither increasing nor decreasing". Realize that my heart is pure, Do not forget your initiative mind, so as to achieve your final goal.
"Empty", the father said, I'll call you "the Monkey King", okay? The founder didn't elaborate on why "Wu" was followed by "emptiness", and the Great Sage didn't ask in detail, just said three words of "good" in a row. Thus, the Great Sage became "the Monkey King". In fact, the word "Wukong" can be well explained by The Journey to the West's two poems in this passage: HarmonyOS had no surname at the beginning, and he broke the stubborn emptiness and needed Wukong.
the word "empty" means that all laws are unattainable and cannot be adhered to. The phrase "breaking the dense void and needing to be Wukong" is like that people who climb the mountain will eventually return to the flat, but the scenery they enjoy on the mountain will be unforgettable for life.
At this point, the Great Sage jumped out of a stone and became a named "the Monkey King". The Great Sage, who had a name and acquired spells, finally "Wukong" everything after making a scene in the sky, being crushed by Wuzhishan and learning Buddhist scriptures from the Tang Priest.
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