
Name: Sun Wukong ( 孫悟空), Son Goku (Japanese Pronunciation), Stone Monkey (Shí Hóu / 石猴), The Handsome Monkey King (Měi Hóuwáng / 美猴王 ), Bìmǎwēn ( 弼馬溫), The Great Sage Equal to Heaven (Qítiān Dàshèng / 齊天大聖), The Buddha of Victorious Fighting (Dòu-zhànshèng-fó / 鬥戰勝佛)Īge: During the beginning of Journey to The West, Wukong is 920 and by the end of the series, he's about 1,100Ĭlassification: Spiritual Primate, Monkey King, Thief | Buddha, Enlightened Soul Tiering: 5-C, 5-A through Size Manipulation | 4-A, likely High 3-A | 1-A 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 "the West".

In the novel, he is a monkey born from a stone who acquires supernatural powers through Taoist practices. Sun Wukong is also found in many later stories and adaptations.

He appears as the main character in the 16th-century Chinese classical novel Journey to the West (西游记). Sun Wukong, also known as the Monkey King, is a mythological figure who features in a body of legends, which can be traced back to the period of the Song dynasty.
