What are the origins of the seven names of Sun Wukong in "Journey to the West"?

Many people have watched "Journey to the West" since they were young and have memorized almost every plot. Do you still remember the names of Sun Wukong? Today, let’s review it with me~ I’ll pull out a list first so that it’s clearer: The Stone Monkey King, Sun Wukong, Bima Wen, Qitian, the Great Sage Monkey Fights and Defeats the Buddha

Stone Monkey

Do you remember this sentence? Sun Wukong jumped out of the stone. In fact, before he was born, Sun Wukong was a "stone cell" on the top of a mountain. After he jumped out of the stone, the sky and the earth collapsed. This is what the heaven calls him.

The Monkey King

Because he is witty, brave and capable, when he was playing with the monkeys, he was the first to find a place for the monkeys to stay, which was the Water Curtain Cave. He removed the stone characters and called him the Monkey King.

Sun Wukong

In order to make himself stronger, the Monkey King worshiped Patriarch Bodhi as his teacher. According to the fact that he is the character "狲" for monkey (hozen), and the surname is "Sun" next to the animal, and he is ranked among the disciples with the character "Wu", Patriarch Bodhi gave him the Dharma name "Wukong", that is, he was named Sun Wukong.

Bima Wen

Bima Wen was the title given to him by the Heavenly Court after Zhao'an. Taibai challenged Sun Wukong to become an official in heaven, and the Jade Emperor named him Bimawen. He was at the bottom and had no rank. His duty was to take care of Tianma. Later, whenever he messed with Bajie, Bajie scolded Wukong and called him Bima Wen.

Monkey King

When Sun Wukong arrived at the Heavenly Palace, he learned that "Bima Wen" was a minor official raising horses. He was very angry and returned to Huaguo Mountain. A monkey said: " With your golden hoop, you can become the Monkey King, why not?" Wukong was very happy and said, "The name of Monkey King is very good. From now on, I will be called Monkey King." Then, Wukong showed it. The flag of the Monkey King.

Walker

After causing trouble in the Heavenly Palace, Sun Wukong was pressed by the Tathagata under the Five Elements Mountain. Sun Wukong followed the advice of Guanyin Bodhisattva and worshiped Monk Tang as his teacher. Known as a traveler. In fact, there is another name called Pohou. The name Pohou was originally called by Tathagata. When Tang Monk was angry, he also called him Pohou.

Dou defeated the Buddha

Sun Wukong was on the way to obtain the scriptures. He conquered all kinds of demons and ghosts, went through ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties, retrieved the scriptures and finally achieved enlightenment, and was later named Dou. Defeat Buddha.

These names can be seen as Wukong's growth and experience along the way. He went from being unknown to becoming famous in the end. It can be said that he has gone through many vicissitudes of life.

I can’t help but sigh, isn’t life like this? You, me, him, everyone around us, everyone is doing different things at different stages, and when we meet different people, we also need to I keep working hard, struggling, and growing, and in the end, I will achieve a different self and future~