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    Sun Wukong's strength - Info from the book and cultural studies

    This thread was originally about his lifting strength. If you feel the information I provided is correct, please change his level from T Class to whatever is appropriate for lifting a chunk of the Universe. Also, per what I wrote earlier, I think his battle with heaven scared everyone in the...
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    Sun Wukong's strength - Info from the book and cultural studies

    Bump
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    Sun Wukong's strength - Info from the book and cultural studies

    I asked for his input again.
  4. Ghostexorcist

    Sun Wukong's strength - Info from the book and cultural studies

    My point is that this discussion is about the character from the novel. Even his article is named "Sun Wukong (myth)". His mythos comes primarily from said novel. Disregarding portions of the novel and any underlying religious meaning makes no sense.
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    Sun Wukong's strength - Info from the book and cultural studies

    That doesn't make any sense. You can't completely remove a character from it's original cultural/historical context. Anything based on such a stripped down version would be incorrect.
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    Sun Wukong's strength - Info from the book and cultural studies

    The book does treat him as a full-fledged Buddha. For example, at the end, the entirety of the Buddhist pantheon gathers to chant a prayer in which they pay homage to the Buddhas of the past, present, and future, as well as Bodhisattvas and arhats. The chant for each goes "I submit to [Name of...
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    Sun Wukong's strength - Info from the book and cultural studies

    [/I][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] The original Chinese version says "Ú®ÜÕñ®Õ£░" (jing tiandi), which means to "scare or alarm heaven and earth." I think this is just saying the battle scared everyone, not that it literally shook the universe. Like I stated above, he easily lifts the axis of the...
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    Sun Wukong's strength - Info from the book and cultural studies

    The info I provided is aimed mainly at his lifting strength. However, him surviving being crushed under Mount Tai, which is considered the heaviest thing imaginable in Chinese culture, could raise his durability. I'll leave that up to you guys.
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    Sun Wukong's strength - Info from the book and cultural studies

    Bump
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    Sun Wukong's strength - Info from the book and cultural studies

    The focus here is his pre-Buddha feats. My blog entry only provides cultural-historical context for the mountains present in the episode in which his feat of strength takes place. Citing information about Mt. Sumeru from a modern dictionary of Buddhist terms is not the same as quoting from a...
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    High 3-A (3D) Feats Thread

    Sun Wukong lifting a river is a misconception based on the idea that his staff anchored the Milky Way (Ch: Õñ®µ▓│, "Heavenly River"), which is itself based on a mistranslation of the original novel. See my revision thread here. https://vsbattles.com/vsbattles/1942852
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    Sun Wukong's strength - Info from the book and cultural studies

    thank you
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    Sun Wukong's strength - Info from the book and cultural studies

    I have, twice. https://vsbattles.com/vsbattles/1944196
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    Sun Wukong's strength - Info from the book and cultural studies

    Bump
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    Sun Wukong's strength - Info from the book and cultural studies

    Ok, thank you. I'll contact him now
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