= Sun Wukong
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= Monkey King
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= 孙悟空
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= 美猴王
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Only after Ciro became an adult did he finally understand that <Sun Wukong> was the basis for <children cartoons Ciro Santilli liked to watch>[Dragon Ball] as mentioned at: <image 19th century illustration of the Journey to the West protagonist Sun Wukong>{full}. And that Sun Wukong was a million times more famous overall. <Mind blown>.
His given name "Wukong" literally means "the one who mastered the void" (Wu = Comprehend, Kong = void), so clearly a <Dharma name>. Edit: it is actually given in the novel, he was born without name. They seem to be Taoist however.
The family name sun1 孙 is the same character as "grandson", but most educated Chinese people seem to be able to recognize it as a reference to "monkey" from some archaic context not anymore in current usage.
\Image[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Xiyou.PNG/421px-Xiyou.PNG]
{title=19th century illustration of <Sun Wukong>}
\Image[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Sun_Wukong_at_Beijing_opera_-_Journey_to_the_West.jpg/450px-Sun_Wukong_at_Beijing_opera_-_Journey_to_the_West.jpg]
{title=20 <Sun Wukong> depiction in Peking opera}