Tyrion lannister quotes my sun4/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The Buddha sees the world as immoral and derelict, and orders Monkey to help a member of the clergy to journey west to India to bring back Buddhist texts ( sutras) to enlighten the people of China. In Journey to the West, after the Monkey King emerges from the mountain the Buddha wants to put him to use. Additionally, the seat of House Lannister is deep within the mountain, just as the Monkey King was imprisoned deep within a mountain. Just as the Monkey King was trapped beneath the weight of a mountain, so too is Tyrion crushed by his responsibilities of being a Lannister of the Rock. Nessie at The Unspun Yarn made a wonderful connection with this mountain and Casterly Rock. The Buddha traps him under a mountain for 500 years. This caught the attention of the Buddha who feared his power and hubris. Back to the story, Monkey was causing a lot of chaos and mischief. You can see this with Dream of the Red Chamber/Story of the Stone, where the main character is incarnated in human form from a stone that fell from the pillars of heaven. A stone becoming a person/being through self-cultivation is a very common trope in Chinese literature. Although he was not originally a celestial, he was able to learn the Dao (3) and form his bipedal monkey body from a rock, and gained powers via enlightenment in five ways (4). Sun Wukong (Monkey) is smart, manipulative, and egotistical, but most of all he is powerful and feared. Journey to the West centers on a monk named Tripitaka who travels with Sun Wukong, and other banished celestials (heavenly beings with god-like power) named Sandy, Pigsy, and Yulong the dragon horse (who does not always appear in adaptations). 1592), one of the “Four Great Masterpieces” (2). So where does the original Monkey King come from? He originally appears in Journey to the West (c. ![]() ![]() Through Sun Wukong parallels to Tyrion, I will show that Sun Wukong’s story could have implications for Tyrion’s character development and arc overall. Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, is one of the most popular characters, if not the most, to emerge from Chinese fiction onto an international stage. Additionally there are video games, stage performances, and numerous Asian adaptations. A more contemporary example is the New Legends of Monkey (2018) on Netflix, which is an Australian adaptation that imagines the story in an Asianized realm that is not explicitly China and the demon monkey is actually a good looking man, though still called Monkey. All of these features are taken from Sun Wukong. Son Goku has a monkey’s tail, rides on a cloud, and uses an extender pole to do battle. Son Goku is the Japanese pronunciation of Sun Wukong. If you have ever seen the animated series Dragonball, the main character is heavily based on the Monkey King. Let’s talk about the Monkey King, Sun Wukong (1). I also want to thank Steven Stark of Here Be Dragons for his suggestion of this topic being first. I talked monkeys in mythology, asoiaf, and popular culture with Nessie at the Unspun Yarn, so please give that a watch if you have not yet.įor my first essay, I wanted to talk about something that many Americans have a vague idea of. More than anything, this blog is to inform my fellow asoiaf fans about Chinese literature and non-western symbolism. Martin’s overall plot goals, use of imagery, and literary influences. While I might propose some theories here and there I am more concerned with George R.R. I want to say outright that this is not a theory blog: this is a literary analysis blog. Welcome to my premiere essay! This blog will be focused on literary analysis, but written in a more informal style than how I write in academia. ![]()
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