Monkey King's Pigsy Carrying Wife

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Journey To The West (西游记) 1950, is of the 4 classic Chinese literature. Movies and anime based on it about every year.

One of the colorful character is Pigsy. He's lustful, gluttonous, and silly, but good hearted.

He was originally Marshal Canopy 天蓬元帅, commander of 80 thousand Navy Soldiers of Heaven. But one day, got drunk and tried to touch Chang-Er (Goddess of the Moon). He is then punished exiled to earth, and happened to reincarnate as a pig, and lived as a lewd pig demi-god monster.

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Journey to the West, Pigsy carrying wife. 猪八戒背媳

Pigsy Tells His Story

Excerpt when Monkey King met Pigsy, and the two start to fight:

却说那怪的火光前走,这大圣的彩霞随跟。正行处,忽见一座高山,那怪把红光结聚,现了本相,撞入洞里,取出一柄九齿钉钯来战。行者喝一声道:『泼怪!你是那里来的邪魔?怎么知道我老孙的名号?你有甚么本事,实实供来,饶你性命!』

那怪道:『是你也不知我的手段!上前来站稳着,我说与你听: 我自小生来心性拙,贪闲爱懒无休歇。不曾养性与修真,混沌迷心熬日月。忽然闲里遇真仙,就把寒温坐下说。劝我回心莫堕凡,伤生造下无边孽。有朝大限命终时,八难三途悔不喋。听言意转要修行,闻语心回求妙诀。有缘立地拜为师,指示天关并地阙。得传九转大还丹,工夫昼夜无时辍。上至顶门泥丸宫,下至脚板涌泉穴。周流肾水入华池,丹田补得温温热。婴儿姹女配阴阳,铅汞相投分日月。离龙坎虎用调和,灵龟吸尽金乌血。三花聚顶得归根,五气朝元通透彻。功圆行满却飞升,天仙对对来迎接。朗然足下彩云生,身轻体健朝金阙。玉皇设宴会群仙,各分品级排班列。敕封元帅管天河,总督水兵称宪节。

只因王母会蟠桃,开宴瑶池邀众客。那时酒醉意昏沉,东倒西歪乱撒泼。逞雄撞入广寒宫,风流仙子来相接。见他容貌挟人魂,旧日凡心难得灭。全无上下失尊卑,扯住嫦娥要陪歇。再三再四不依从,东躲西藏心不悦。色胆如天叫似雷,险些震倒天关阙。纠察灵官奏玉皇,那日吾当命运拙。广寒围困不通风,进退无门难得脱。却被诸神拿住我,酒在心头还不怯。押赴灵霄见玉皇,依律问成该处决。多亏太白李金星,出班俯囟亲言说。改刑重责二千锤,肉绽皮开骨将折。放生遭贬出天关,福陵山下图家业。我因有罪错投胎,俗名唤做猪刚鬣。』

行者闻言道:『你这厮原来是天蓬水神下界,怪道知我老孙名号。』那怪道声:哏!你这诳上的弼马温,当年撞那祸时,不知带累我等多少,今日又来此欺人!不要无礼,吃我一钯!』行者怎肯容情,举起棒,当头就打。他两个在那半山之中黑夜里赌斗。好杀:行者金睛似闪电,妖魔环眼似银花。这一个口喷彩雾,那一个气吐红霞。气吐红霞昏处亮,口喷彩雾夜光华。金箍棒,九齿钯,两个英雄实可夸:一个是大圣临凡世,一个是元帅降天涯。那个因失威仪成怪物,这个幸逃苦难拜僧家。钯去好似龙伸爪,棒迎浑若凤穿花。那个道你破人亲事如杀父!这个道你强奸幼女正该拿!闲言语,乱喧哗,往往来来棒架钯。看看战到天将晓,那妖精两膊觉酸麻。他两个自二更时分,直斗到东方发白。那怪不能迎敌,败阵而逃,依然又化狂风,径回洞里,把门紧闭,再不出头。行者在这洞门外看有一座石碣,上书『云栈洞』三字,见那怪不出,天又大明,心却思量:『恐师父等候,且回去见他一见,再来捉此怪不迟。』随踏云点一点,早到高老庄。

from 西游记,第十九回:云栈洞悟空收八戒,浮屠山玄奘受心经

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Journey to the West, Pigsy carrying wife
pig by eastmonkey d2zb6le
Art by Liu Dongzi (aka EastMonkey) http://eastmonkey.deviantart.com/
Art seems to be for Chapter 72, “Pigsy and the Seven Spider Nymph Sisters”. [see 西游记,第七十二回:盘丝洞七情迷本,濯垢泉八戒忘形]
(Art style is similar to John William Waterhouse's Hylas and the Nymphs (greek mythology)) [see Nymphs]
pig sister by eastmonkey
Art by Liu Dongzi (aka EastMonkey) http://eastmonkey.deviantart.com/