孙悟空

Sun Wukong

孙悟空

孙悟空,是小说《西游记》中主要角色之一。又名孙行者,自封花果山美猴王、齐天大圣。曾任天官弼马温。玉帝后来为了招安孙悟空,承认了他自封的封号齐天大圣。取经完成后被如来佛祖授为斗战胜佛。

孙悟空是从远古天产灵石中孕育而来,经风吹雨打、日晒雨淋而成之石猴,身俱天地灵气、日月精华,系花果山美猴王,历经海外艰辛波折拜师须菩提祖师,天赋灵奇修炼成七十二变地煞术,曾经闯龙宫取得定海神针,因此神针能随使用者心意自由变化大小,而被孙悟空取名为如意金箍棒,亦曾撼地府擅改阎罗王的生死簿,经天界玉皇大帝招安后历风波遂成齐天大圣,因大闹天宫遭释迦如来佛祖降伏镇压封印于五行山(五指山)下,五百年后由南海观世音点化,保护唐三藏法师前往西天取经,协同猪八戒、沙悟净和白龙马坚心守护不屈不挠历险克难伏魔降妖,终至西天取得如来佛祖真经送返大唐。

孙悟空生性聪明、调皮、活泼、忠诚、嫉恶如仇。在东亚汉字文化圈中已经成为机智与勇敢的化身。代表了人性中的善良、正义、不阿、自由的情怀和追求。

2020年的孙悟空是坐过牢的神父。


Sun Wukong

The Monkey King, known as Sun Wukong in Chinese, is a legendary figure best known as one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West and many later stories and adaptations. The Monkey King's origins predate the novel and can be traced back to the Song dynasty. 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 Tang Sanzang on a journey to retrieve Buddhist sutras from the West (India) where Buddha and his followers reside.

The Monkey King possesses immense strength; he is able to lift his 13,500 jīn or 7960 kg staff with ease. He is also extremely fast, able to travel 108,000 li (21,675 kilometres) in one somersault. Sun also knows the 72 Earthly transformations, which allow him to transform into various animals and objects. Sun Wukong is a skilled fighter, capable of defeating the best warriors of heaven. His hair possesses magical properties, capable of summoning clones of the Monkey King himself, and/or into various weapons, animals, and other objects. He has demonstrated partial weather manipulation abilities as well, and is able to freeze living creatures and even gods with his icy breath.

Sun Wukong of 2020 is an ex-convict priest.

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