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Monkey King and its concept of 自在


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hello all,

i am interested in the monkey king story, but am not understanding the concept of 自在 behind it. can someone please explain to me?

thanks.

andrew

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Hi there,

I've read the whole 100 chapters (4 books) in English, and have read a teenagers 250pg version of the book in Chinese (one day hoping to read the whole Chinese classic but I'm not good enough just yet :() and am fairly familiar with the various themes and so on.

May I ask by '自在' are you refering to someone being 'at ease' or 'at comfort'? (or) perhaps you meant '自由' (freedom) - which would make a lot more sense (in relations to the story)?

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