Monkey (personal name: Sun Wukong) is the main character of the opening chapters of the famous and ever-popular novel Journey to the West. Monkey is a troublemaker extra-ordinaire.
- Wu, Cheng’en. The Monkey & the Monk: A Revised Abridgment of The Journey to the West, translated by Anthony C. Yu. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. (Trexler library copy)
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- An abridged version, with chapters 1-7 containing the story of Monkey. You can read the full version (four volumes in translation!) in Wu, Cheng’en. The Journey to the West. Edited by Anthony C Yu. Chicago Illinois: University of Chicago Press, 1977. (also available in Trexler library)
- This is the background story to the story of Taizong in Hell.
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- Chapter in our textbook [link to be added]
Online resources
- “What Does Sun Wukong Look Like? A Resource for Artists and Cosplayers” (https://journeytothewestresearch.wordpress.com/2018/05/30/what-does-sun-wukong-look-like-an-artist-and-cosplayer-resource/)
- “Da nao tian gong” (“Uproar in Heaven”). Directed by Wan Laiming et al. Shanghai Animation Studio, 1964 (Youtube link)
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- 1964 cartoon version made in People’s Republic of China of the story of Monkey.
- More info on the film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havoc_in_Heaven
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