sino-platonic.org/complete/spp081_monkey_sun_wukong.pdf It is not hard for any reader of the Xiyouji and the Ramayana to locate remarkable analogies between the two texts. To quote Victor Mair in his article Suen WuKung=Hanumat?: The Progress of a Scholarly Debate, Anyone who is fortunate enough to read both Wu Cheng-ens (1500?-1582?) justly famous Chinese vernacular novel entitled Journey to the West (Shi-youji) and Valmikis celebrated third century B.C.E. Indian epic, Ramayana... will invariably be struck by the remarkable similarities between the monkey heroes in each ofthem. (660) The similarities are so numerous and extraordinary that they are the natural starting point for many esteemed scholars who have focused their study on the origin of Sun Wukong and his connection with Hanuman. Scholars who believe that Sun Wukong does originate from Hanuman turn to the two texts for evidence to strengthen their argument...
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