It was given to him by Patriarch 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 is male, and the tie is Yingxi. It is in line with the basic theory of infants, and the surname is 'Sun'. ?
The name Wukong: There are twelve characters in the Patriarch's sect, and the names are assigned. 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". Arriving at the Monkey King, it is time to realize the word "enlightenment". The Patriarch gave the Monkey King a Dharma name, "Sun Wukong".
Character’s life
Born from the fairy stone produced at the beginning of the world, his birthplace is located on the Huaguo Mountain in Dongsheng Shenzhou. He is revered as "the "Huaguo Mountain" for leading a group of monkeys into the Water Curtain Cave. The Monkey King”. In order to learn skills, he traveled across the sea to study under the Patriarch Subhuti, and was named Sun Wukong. He learned the great magic skills of the Immortal, the seventy-two transformations of the earthly evil, and somersault clouds. ?
In order to obtain weapons, Sun Wukong obtained the Ruyi Golden Cudgel from the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea. After that, he made a big fuss in the underworld and removed the book of life and death. He alarmed the heavens and was recruited by the Jade Emperor, who named him Bima Wen. After learning that his position was low, he returned to Huaguo Mountain angrily, and defeated the attacks of King Li Tian and the third prince Nezha, forcing the Jade Emperor to confer him the title of Monkey King. He built a mansion in the Tiangong and managed the Pantaoyuan.
Due to his drunkenness, he disrupted the Queen Mother’s peach party, stole Taishang Laojun’s golden elixir, and became a body of gold and steel. Later, his eyes were smoked into blazing eyes in Taishang Laojun’s Bagua furnace.
After that, he made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace. Hundreds of thousands of heavenly soldiers, heavenly generals, four heavenly kings, and twenty-eight constellations surrounded and suppressed him, but he could not defeat him. Later, he lost in a bet with Tathagata Buddha and was suppressed by Tathagata. The Five Elements Mountain, transformed with five fingers, has been repenting for more than five hundred years.
After being enlightened by Guanyin, he was rescued by Tang Monk. He protected Monk Tang in his journey to the west to obtain Buddhist scriptures. He defeated demons and demons along the way. He was not afraid of hardships and hardships. After ninety-nine and eighty-one hardships, he finally obtained the true scripture. Zheng Guo was named the Buddha of Fighting and Victory.