Sun Wukong, also known as the
Monkey King, is a main character in the
Chinese classical novel Journey to the West. Sun Wukong is also found in many later stories and adaptations. In the novel, he is a monkey born from a stone who acquires supernatural powers through
Taoist practices. 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
India.