Sun Wukong was named by Tang Monk. Buddhism also calls a practitioner a practitioner. In Buddhist terms, Sun Wukong is indeed a very Taoist practitioner.
The Indian storybooks "Vimalakirti Sutra" and "Manjusri's Questions about Diseases" were introduced to China and were adapted into "The Collection of Tripitaka" by the eminent monk Sengyou of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Wu Cheng'en later read this book. The origin of Sun Xingzhe's name is actually that a monk Hu led Xuanzang when he went to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures. Monk Hu and Hozen are homophonic. In addition, Han people are very lively, so the play is called "Sun Xingzhe".
The origin of Sun Wukong’s name
Origin: Sun Wukong worshiped the ancestor Bodhi and was named by his mentor Bodhi.
Surname Sun: The ancestor took the surname "Hong" from the Monkey King. The word "猢" went to the side of a beast, but it turned out to be an ancient moon. Ancient means old, and moon means yin. Lao Yin cannot transform and educate, so he is given the surname "狲". The word "狲" is next to the animal, which is the sub-lineage. The son refers to a male child, and the tie refers to an infant. This is in line with the basic theory of infants, and the surname is "Sun".
Name Wukong: There are twelve characters in the Patriarch's sect, and names are assigned to each other. The Monkey King is the tenth generation disciple. Those twelve characters are the twelve characters of "the vast wisdom, true nature, ocean, enlightenment and perfect enlightenment". Ranked at the Monkey King, it is the time for "enlightenment". The Patriarch gave the Monkey King a Dharma name, "Sun Wukong".