Illustration:
ill. 6.7 a (set: 6.7)
Author:
Zhao Hongben (1915-2000) 赵宏本
Date:
1962
Genre:
comic, comic book, comic strip
Material:
scan, paper, black-and-white; original source: woodblock print
Source:
SWKSDBGJ 1972: Sun Wukong san da baigujing孙悟空三打白骨精 (Sun Wukong thrice defeats the white-boned demon). Shanghai: Shanghai renmin, 1973:7.
Keywords:
Sun Wukong, Journey to the West, Four Great Comic-Painters, Zhao Hongben, Monkey King, hero, heroism, Cultural Revolution, criticism, radiance, sunrays, symbolism, Mao Zedong, political correctness

Zhao Hongben: Sun Wukong thrice defeats the white-boned Demon 1962 (Zhao Hongben: Sun Wukong san da baigujing 赵宏本: 孙悟空三打白骨精)

The scene selected here shows Monkey King named Sun Wukong (孙悟空) who is seen going off to search for a demon he knows is hiding, lurking somewhere in this barren region. Before leaving, Sun Wukong draws a circle around his companions with his magic rod (千钧棒) (ill. 6.7a&b). Monkey King admonishes his companions—Scholar-Monk Tang Seng (唐僧), the pig Zhu Bajie (猪八戒) and Monk Sha (沙僧)—to remain seated within the circle and wait for his return.