10 Facts About Zhu Bajie

Zhu Bajie, named Zhu Wuneng, is one of the three helpers of Tang Sanzang and a major character of the 16th century novel Journey to the West.

Zhu Bajie is a complex and developed character in the novel.

Tang Sanzang gave him the nickname Zhu Bajie which means "eight restraints" or "eight commandments" to remind him of his Buddhist diet.

In modern times, Zhu Bajie is seen as a patron deity of masseuses, hostesses, and prostitutes within Taiwan and other parts of East Asia.

At a party organized for all the significant figures in Heaven, Zhu Bajie saw the goddess of the Moon for the first time and was captivated by her beauty.

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In popular retellings, Zhu Bajie was sentenced to a thousand lives where each life would end in a love tragedy.

In some versions of the story Zhu Bajie has convinced the elder to allow him to marry the daughter based on his ability to do large amounts of hard work due to his prodigious strength.

The elder recants when he discovers that, although Zhu Bajie manages to do quite a lot of work in the fields, he manages to eat so much that the farm is losing money anyway.

However, though Sun Wukong is capable of detecting demons, Zhu Bajie always manages to persuade his brother to release them rather than capturing or killing them, although his kindness often causes trouble and leads to disaster.

Zhu Bajie hence tends to find excuses to persuade his master to stay several more days for better abodes and food due to his greediness.