Intelligent Stone Monkey
animal_ally single tradition · 1
One of the four spiritual primates who do not belong to any of the ten categories that all beings in the universe are classified under, according to the Buddha in Journey to the West.
When
- First attested
- 1500 CE
- Attested period
- 1500 – 1500
- Historical notes
- Appears in the 16th-century novel Journey to the West.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Interconnected-Arm Immortal
- sibling of
- interconnected-arm gibbon, Red-Buttock Baboon, Six-Eared Macaque
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“there are four spiritual primates who do not belong to any of the ten categories that all beings in the universe are classified under: the Intelligent Stone Monkey (靈明石猴), the Red-Buttock Baboon (赤尻馬猴), the Interconnected-Arm Gibbon, and the Six-Eared Macaque.”
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