Sun Wukong, the Handsome Monkeng kings, is the hero of the Chinese literary classic Journey to the West (Wu Cheng'en, the Ming Dynasty). This novel was based on a true story of a famous Chinese monk,Xuan Zang(602-664). After years of trial and tribulations,he travele on foot to what is today India,the birthplace of Buddhism,to seek for the Sutre,the Buddhist holy book.Finally he got the sutras and returned to China,or the Great Tang as was called at that time .Hranslated the sutras into Chinese,thus making contribution to the development of Buddhism in China.

In this novel,Buddha arranged for a monkey to become the monk's disciple and escort him,to ensure that he makes it to the west to get the sutras.The monkey called Sun Wukong,made the adventurous journey with Tangseng(the master),the other two disciples-Zhubajie(the pig-man)and Shaheshang(the monk)and Baliongma(the horse).