Handsome King of the Apes. In the beginning of this tale, the future Monkey king is born. This isn't a normal birth, however; the Monkey King was born out of a stone egg! The stone monkey slowly grows up, learning to walk and climb trees, until one day he becomes king of the apes by walking though a waterfall unharmed and finding a stone tablet.
Sun Wu Kung Gets His Name As the title suggests, in this section the Monkey King receives his name. One day the monkey king hears a wood chopper singing a "divine" song and believes him to be a master of the divine. The wood chopper responds that he simply learned the song from a saint, and sends the Monkey King to where the saint resides. Once he arrives, the saint gives the Monkey King the name Sun Wu Kung and teaches him many other skills.
Learning the Art After years of practice, Sun Wu Kung learns the art of magic from the saint. The Monkey Kings leaps into the air and walks several hundred feet on clouds that form below him!
The Devil-King Sun Wu Kung leaves his master and returns to his home only to find that his cave has been taken over by a devil. The Monkey King engages the devil in combat, utilizing his new magic to turn each of his hairs into tiny monkeys to attack the devil. Sun Wu Kung takes the devils knife from him and ends him once and for all.
The Lord of the Heavens Hearing the complaints of the Dragon-King and the princes of the dead, the Lord of the Heavens sets out to punish Sun Wu Kung. The Evening Star speaks on Sun Wu Kung's behalf and changes the lord's mind. The Lord of the Heavens instead makes Sun Wu Kung the stablemaster of the heavenly steeds.
Notscha, Son of Li Dsing Sun Wu Kung finds his new position demeaning, as he was a king on his own mountain, and leaves. The Lord of the Heavens is angered by this and sends Li Dsing, a god, and his son, Notscha to take Sun Wu Kung prisoner. Sun Wu Kung easily beats Notscha in combat, and he is given the title Great Saint Who Is Heaven’s Equal.
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