Literature Monkeys in Chinese culture
monkeys traditional theme in chinese literature. besides prominent monkey king sun wukong mentioned above, gibbons , macaques popular images in chinese poetry. van gulik (1957:51) says every chinese poet wrote 3rd 7th centuries referred graceful movements of gibbon , saddening calls . instance, tang poet li bai wrote poems gibbons 白猿 in qiupu 秋浦 region (in south-central modern anhui province).
in [qiupu] there many white gibbons,
swirling through trees many snow flakes.
pulling young them along thin branches,
drinking play reflected moon in water. (tr. van gulik 1967:61)
a modern example robert van gulik s judge dee story morning of monkey , published in monkey , tiger.
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