samedi 29 mars 2014

32 - 孙悟空 - Sūn Wù kōng - Monkey King

孙悟空 
Sūn Wù kōng
· Monkey King
· Sun Wukong (name of a monkey with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West  西遊記 | 西游记)


Components:



Sūn
· grandson
· descendant
· surname Sun
==> Family name of Sun because in the past people called monkeys as Sun.




· comprehend
==> Here it means he knows emptiness.


 kōng
· air
· sky
· empty
· free time
· in vain
==> Studying the Buddhist teachings, he has reached some understanding of 'Emptiness'.

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