#Four Monkeys

[chonggen]

Four Monkeys’ staffs

Sun Wukong - Lingming Shihou: Ruyi Jin Gu Bang

Macaque - Liuer Mihou: Suixin Teagan Bing

Ma Liu - Chi Kao Mahou: Jia Hai Zijing Liang

Beng Ba - Tong Bi Yuanhou: Qing Tian Baiyu Zhu

[journeytothewestresearch]

Ty! On that note, what is the most accurate translation when describing the Four Monkeys? The Red-Buttocked Monkey in particular because you’ve got translations like horse monkey, baboon, and possibly mandrill? I’m also interested in their abilities and would please like a reliable source on what each is capable of.

Your best source for the abilities of the four primates is JTTW. I have altered Anthony C. Yu's translation of the names to make them more accurate:

“The first,” said Tathagata, “is the Stone-Monkey of Numinous Wisdom [Lingming shihou, 靈明石猴], [1] who Knows transformations, Recognizes the seasons, Discerns the advantages of earth, And is able to alter the course of planets and stars. The second is the Red-Buttocked Horse-Monkey [Chikao mahou, 赤尻馬猴], who Has knowledge of yin and yang, Understands human affairs, Is adept in its daily life And able to avoid death and lengthen its life. The third is the Long-Armed Gibbon [Tongbi yuanhou, 通臂猿猴], who can Seize the sun and the moon, Shorten a thousand mountains, Distinguish the auspicious from the inauspicious, And manipulate planets and stars. The fourth is the Six-Eared Macaque [Liu’er mihou, 六耳獼猴] who has A sensitive ear, Discernment of fundamental principles, Knowledge of past and future, And comprehension of all things. These four kinds of monkeys are not classified in the ten categories [of life], nor are they contained in the names between Heaven and Earth” (based on Wu & Yu, 2012, vol. 3, p. 115). 如來道：「第一是靈明石猴，通變化，識天時，知地利，移星換斗；第二是赤尻馬猴，曉陰陽，會人事，善出入，避死延生；第三是通臂猿猴，拿日月，縮千山，辨休咎，乾坤摩弄；第四是六耳獼猴，善聆音，能察理，知前後，萬物皆明。此四猴者，不入十類之種，不達兩間之名。

One late-Qing source, New Dialect (Xinfangyan, 新方言, early-20th-c.), associates “horse-monkey” (mahou, 馬猴) with various iterations of Chinese terms for macaque monkeys:

"Bathing-monkey” (muhou): “mother-monkey” (muhou); mother-monkey (muhou): “full-monkey” (mihou) – these are called “horse-monkey” (mahou), the sound of each one changing [in turn]. 沐猴：母猴；母猴：彌猴，令人謂之馬猴，皆一音之轉。(the original doesn’t have punctuation)

And since the stone-monkey is Sun Wukong, the celestial primates consist of three macaques and one gibbon.

Here is my article on the four celestial primates:

[dykealloy]

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[etheriumart]

Season four screenshot redraw.

Time frame: 3hrs

[shima-draws]

What do you mean I know EXACTLY how WCI went it went just like this

[skialdi]

“Which sibling tried to kill Luffy?”

[demapatto-art]

my sun

[ofoceansandtombsanew]

every time i see asl brothers together and happy, it adds years to my lifespan. it's played for laughs but the fact ace still asked sabo if he wanted the D initial too just to make him feel included my heaaaart

[bisamrottan]

he did in fact not come back

[lunisoular]

Hear me out

The baby au

But age swap

thinking. wondering 🤔

[bunitivity]

I’m fkn obsessed with people drawing Zoro as a little mossball and I imagine Sanji would also be

[chonggen]

LEGO: Monkie Kid - Eclipse Regressed

Masterpost

Eclipse Regressed is an Au after MK sacrificed himself to save the world and the world was reset. And the reincarnation of Mk still continued the same destiny, but after he knew everything, he tried to escape his destined fate.

[ Prologue ] Dream

[ Chapter 1 ] Hero didn’t BORN Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3

[ Chapter 2] ???

[kozukihiyori]

THE FOUR EMPERORS HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE

inspired by @crepes-suzette-373 post

[aeon-uriel]

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[sixteenthchapel]

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[base0h]

Saying their full name instead of their nickname

feat. zoro, law, luffy, shanks

a/n - fake texts are so fun 🫶