猪八戒天蓬元帥 · 3
Leaf 3 of the pilgrimage · 猪刚鬣 Pig Ganglie
Zhu Bajie 猪八戒
In Journey to the West 西遊記 (c. 1592) · one of the four pilgrims · nicknamed 猪刚鬣 “Pig Ganglie”
A decorated general of heaven demoted into a pig's body, who complains about the mission on every road and finishes it anyway.
The great deeds 大事記
- ch. 19
Hired Hand at the Gao House
雲棧洞He has already eaten the wife of the cave and is working as a hired labourer at the Gao house when Wukong arrives.
- ch. 19
Scouring Off at Gao Manor
高老莊He takes off the filth in front of the whole family and asks to be called by his lay name.
- ch. 27
Two Whispers Against Wukong
讒言He supplies the whisper that turns the monk against Wukong, twice, and gets nothing for it.
- ch. 31
Provoking the Monkey with Lies
義激猴王He goes to Flower-Fruit Mountain to beg the monkey back and has to lie about being wanted.
- ch. 72
Webbed by the Spider Women
濯垢泉He volunteers to fight the spider women and is the one who is webbed.
- ch. 93
The Silk Ball
繡球A silk ball thrown at the monk's head, and he is the one who wants to stay for the wedding.
結局 The ending
He is made the Net-Attendant Envoy, whose reward is to eat the leftovers on the altar — heaven's most honest prize, since it is exactly the thing he never stopped wanting. He keeps his pig's face.
The book itself: why the monkey was pinned, which translation — The 500 years · The translations · The 81 trials