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Sun Wukong
Sun Wukong, also known as the Monkey King, is a main character in the Chinese classical novel ''Journey to the West''. Sun Wukong is also found in many later stories and adaptations. In the novel, he is a monkey born from a stone who acquires supernatural powers through Taoist practices. After rebelling against heaven and being imprisoned under a mountain by the Buddha, he later accompanies the monk Xuanzang on a journey to retrieve Buddhist sutras from India.
Sun Wukong possesses an immense amount of strength; he is able to lift his 13,500 jīn () staff with ease. He is also extremely fast, able to travel 108,000 li () in one somersault. Sun knows 72 transformations, which allow him to transform into various animals and objects; however, he is troubled in transforming into other forms, due to the accompanying incomplete transformation of his tail. Sun Wukong is a skilled fighter, capable of holding his own against the best warriors of heaven. Also, each of his hairs possess magical properties, capable of being transformed into clones of the Monkey King himself, and/or into various weapons, animals, and other objects. He also knows spells that can command wind, part water, conjure protective circles against demons, and freeze humans, demons, and gods alike.〔Journey to the West, Wu Cheng'en (1500-1582), Translated by Foreign Languages Press, Beijing 1993.〕
One of the most enduring Chinese literary characters, Sun Wukong has a varied background and colorful cultural history. For example, Sun Wukong is considered by some scholars to be influenced by both the Hindu deity Hanuman from the ''Ramayana'' and elements of Chinese folklore.〔Hera S. Walker, "(Indigenous or Foreign?: A Look at the Origins of the Monkey Hero Sun Wukong )," ''Sino-Platonic Papers'', 81 (September 1998)〕〔Ramnath Subbaraman, "(Beyond the Question of the Monkey Imposter: Indian Influence on the Chinese Novel The Journey to the West )," ''Sino-Platonic Papers'', 114 (March 2002)〕
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