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:
孙
Sūn
· grandson
· descendant
· surname Sun
==> Family name of Sun because in the past people called monkeys as Sun.
悟
Wù
· comprehend
==> Here it means he knows emptiness.
空
kōng
· air
· sky
· empty
· free time
· in vain
==> Studying the Buddhist teachings, he has reached some understanding of 'Emptiness'.
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