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| | Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Sun Wukong |
 | | Sun Wukong learned many of his magical tricks while serving as a disciple under the Patriarch Subodhi; it was the Patriarch who gave him the name "Wukong" ("aware of emptiness"). | | | Sun Wukong became so well-known in China that he was once worshipped by some as a real god. | | | Various legends concerning Sun Wukong on the other hand date back to before written Chinese history, changing to adapt to the most popular Chinese religion of a given era. |
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| | Journeys Store |
| | He is accompanied on his journey by three disciples - the monkey king Sun Wukong (孫悟空), the pig-monster Zhu Wuneng (豬悟能), and the half water demon Sha Wujing (&- all of whom have agreed to help him along the way as an atonement for past sins. | | | In the novel, the monk Xuanzang (&;) is called by the Bodhisattva Guan Yin to travel to India to obtain copies of certain important Buddhist Sutras that are not available in China. | | | One of the supernatural helpers, the monkey king Sun Wukong, has become one of the most famous and beloved characters in Chinese literature. |
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| | trickster: Definition, Synonyms and Much More From Answers.com |
| | Peoples of the plateaus of the NW United States believe that good fishing is found near settlements that gained the favor of the coyote by allowing him to copulate with their women. | | | In many Native American and First Nations mythologies, the coyote (Southwestern United States) or raven (Pacific Northwest and coastal British Columbia) stole fire from the gods (stars or sun) and are more tricksters than culture heroes. | | | This is primarily because of other stories involving these spirits: Prometheus was a Titan, whereas coyote and raven are usually seen as jokesters and pranksters. |
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| | Sun Yat-sen - Columbia Encyclopedia® article about Sun Yat-sen |
| | See biographies by L. Sharman (1934) and B. Martin (1952); L. Hsu, Sun Yat-sen, His Political and Social Ideals: A Sourcebook (1933); S. Leng and N. Palmer, Sun Yat-sen and Communism (1960); H. Schiffrin, Sun Yat-sen and the Origins of the Chinese Revolution (1970); M. Wilbur, Sun Yat-sen (1977). | | | After Sun's death, when the Communists and the Kuomintang split (1927), each group claimed to be his true heirs. | | | Sun organized (1905) a revolutionary league, the T'ung Meng Hui, in Japan and gradually perfected his political conceptions, which were based on the Three People's Principles: nationalism, democracy, and the people's livelihood. |
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