Everyone in heaven reports to him and no slacker goes unpunished.Ī recurring character, Guan Yin assists the pilgrims on their journey to the west. He is proud, short-tempered, and inflexible. He is often forgotten by the author and rarely turns back into a dragon to assist everyone. After eating Tang Sanzang's horse, he is commanded to turn into a white horse to replace it. He is obedient, calm, loyal, polite, and logical.īai Longma is the dragon prince, Ao Lie. Sha Wujing represents people who follow orders blindly. He represents material desire and convinces Tang Sanzang to listen to him rather than Sun Wukong.Īfter accidentally breaking a valuable vase in a fit of rage, The Jade Emperor banished him to earth and was reborn as a sand demon. He revolves around sleep, food, and women. Guan Yin would later encounter him and convinced him to join the pilgrimage for redemption. He reincarnated on Earth, but accidentally fell into a pig pen and was turned into a man-eating pig-monster. However, for misbehavior and drunkenly harassing the lunar goddess, he was exiled. Zhu Bajie was a commander of the 80,000 Heavenly Navy Soldiers. He is constant battered around on his journey to enlightenment, which represents the struggle to get there. Tang Sanzang represents helplessness and how there are forces out of one's control. He is a reincarnation of a holy being, and legend says that if you consume his flesh, you'll become immortal as such, he is constantly being hunted and captured by monsters and demons. He must be escorted by Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, and Bai Longma to safely reach India. Tang Sanzang is a monk who was chosen by Guan Yin to make the pilgrimage to retrieve the Buddhist sutras. Sun Wukong is an allegory for the human mind. This was meant to discipline him and prevent his troublemaker attitude from weighing everyone down. He was given a magic crown which shrinks whenever Tang Sanzang recites the magic words, causing Sun Wukong to have a headache. In order to redeem himself, he must accompany a monk named Tang Sanzang to retrieve the Buddhist sutras from India. Upon rebelling against heaven, Sun Wukong was imprisoned beneath Mount Five Fingers for 500 years. He is equipped with Ruyi Jingu Ban, a magic staff that changes sizes. He is a devious trickster who messed with the citizens of heaven and the Jade Emperor and achieved immortality. He was born from a magic rock on Mount Huaguo. The character is from or is based on the allegory, Journey to the West.

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