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Monkey Summary & Study Guide Description
Monkey Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
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Monkey Plot Summary
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Monkey by Wu Ch'eng-en and translated by Arthur Waley is a story about the Stone Monkey King and his journey, along with Hsuan Tsang and others, to get scrolls from Buddha's paradise in India and take them back to China. Along the way the group must fight demons, Immortals, save the innocent, and walk the path of Buddha without fail.
The Stone Monkey was born of a stone that was worked on by Heaven and Earth. The Stone Monkey lived with the other monkeys and soon was able to make himself king of the monkeys. He is happy being king until he thinks of his own mortality and goes in search of religion that he may find a way to cheat death. He finds a patriarch who is willing to teach him, and in the process Monkey learns many different kinds of magic. Soon he is showing off in...
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