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Many people list who Sun Wukong's father is as the biggest mystery in "Journey to the West", but it really doesn't matter. Because although Wu Chengen did not explicitly mention this issue in the book, he made it very clear, but everyone did not pay attention to it. So, who is Sun Wukong’s father? Let’s start with Sun Wukong’s unique way of birth. How was Sun Wukong born? This point is basically consistent with the interpretation of the novel and TV series "Journey to the West", that is, it jumped out of the stone. This unique production method provides clues for finding Sun Wukong's father. Now the question is, was Sun Wukong the first creature to pop out of the stone? Who in Chinese mythology was born from a stone?
Sun Wukong was not the only one born from a stone, nor was he the first to be born from a stone. The first person clearly recorded in ancient books to be born from a stone was Dayu. "Huainanzi Xiuwu Xun" said: "Yu was born in a stone." "Historical Records·Chronology of the Six Kingdoms" also said "Yu was born in a stone." New”. Shi Niu may be a place name, also known as "double stone knotting". It is said that Yu was born in a "knotted" spiritual stone. "Shan Hai Jing Nei Jing" also records: "Gun stole the emperor's land and flooded it. He did not obey the emperor's orders. The emperor ordered Zhu Rong to kill Gun in the suburbs of Yu. In three years, Gun gave birth to Yu in his belly." After Gun died, he became a fossil. Yu also coincides with Dayu who was born in Shi. So Dayu was the first creature born from stone.
So is Sun Wukong the second to be born from a stone? no. The second person born from the stone was Qi, from "The Classic of Mountains and Seas, Hai Nei Jing": Yu controlled the floods, passed through the Fuyuan Mountain, and turned into a bear. He called Tu Shan and said, "If you want to pay, you will come when you hear the sound of the drum." Yu jumped on a stone and hit the drum by mistake. Tu Shan went there and saw Yu sitting on a bear, so he left in shame. When it reaches the foot of Songgao Mountain, it turns into stone and then becomes Qi. Yu said: "Become my son!" The stone broke and came to life. In Chinese mythology, Qi was the second person to be born from a stone, and Sun Wukong was the third.
Throughout Chinese mythology, the only ones with a history of stone production are the Yu family. The only one who could make a stone pregnant was Dayu. Sun Wukong was not born from the pregnancy of a big stone, but from the fossil after human pregnancy. Sun Wukong's mother is not a stone, but a living being. It was only after she was pregnant with Sun Wukong that she saw the bear transformed by Dayu, and she turned into a stone, and later gave birth to Sun Wukong. Why is Sun Wukong’s father not Qi? Because there is no record that Qi has the ability to fossilize people, and Qi is not like Yu who traveled all over the world to control floods.
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If you can’t say that Sun Wukong’s father is Dayu based on this alone, then please remember the saying “Tools can’t lie”, this is not true. The tool that can lie is the "golden cudgel". The Golden Cudgel was a tool used by Dayu to determine the depth of the rivers and seas when he was controlling floods. Not only the size and length, but also the weight could change according to his wishes, so it was called the Ruyi Golden Cudgel. But in the hands of outsiders, the golden cudgel is just a piece of iron weighing 13,500 kilograms. The Dragon King said, "It's a piece of magical iron. What can it be used for?" In the eyes of outsiders who can't use it, the Golden Cudgel is a waste. Huang Shijing even thinks that Zhu Bajie's rake is better than the golden hoop, just because it can't be used.
But when Sun Wukong went to the Dragon Palace to retrieve the treasure, the golden cudgel showed a "bright glow and full of auspiciousness", so that Dragon Po and Dragon Girl said, "Don't you dare to encounter something like this?" Is this a saint?" Later, when it came into the hands of Sun Wukong, he could use it freely without learning, and locked the soul of Sun Wukong, and could follow him to heaven and earth. This is to recognize the master. Why did Dayu's followers regard Sun Wukong as their master? That's because they are descendants of Sun Wukong and Dayu. It's like only Thor, the Thor, can use Thor's hammer.
In addition, if Sun Wukong is a wild monkey with no origin, why is he tolerated and favored by heaven? Monk Sha broke the glass cup and Zhu Bajie molested a palace maid and were punished to the point of death. Why was Sun Wukong only punished with three drinks of wine for stealing fairy peaches, eating elixirs and causing trouble in heaven? Laojun even personally opened the furnace to help him refine the elixir and peaches he ate to help him achieve great success? Why do those powerful people just stretch out their hands and capture Sun Wukong, but let him do whatever he wants? Why can we treat each other as brothers with the nine obsidian stars, the five generals, the twenty-eight constellations, the four heavenly kings, the twelve Yuan Chens, the five elders of the five directions, the universal stars, and the gods of rivers and mountains? Even the Great Immortal Zhenyuan is willing to become a brother with him? Because Sun Wukong has an extraordinary origin.
"Huainanzi·Si Lun Xun" says: "Yu worked hard for the world and died for the society." It is said that after his death, Yu became the "God of the Society", that is, the "hou soil" who protects the earth, and The Jade Emperor is one of the four emperors and has the same status as the Jade Emperor.
Zhen Yuanzi was the ancestor of the Earth Immortals, but he was not worthy enough in front of Dayu, the Hou Tu.
Sun Wukong caused trouble in the Heavenly Palace when a rebellious child smashed things up at home. Although his family reprimanded him, they all loved him and spared no effort to help him when he was learning Buddhist scriptures. As for why he was oppressed by the Tathagata for five hundred years, it was just a small punishment and a big warning. The family couldn't control it. It was just a matter of finding an outside gentleman to suffer a little and discipline him.
So, Sun Wukong is the son of Dayu and the younger brother of Xia Qi. His father is the great god Houtu, and his elder brother is Emperor Qi Sheng. (Xia Qihou was revered as the Qisheng Emperor and the Qitian Great Sage. Could this be the origin?)
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