Joe Shearer
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Do not indulge in the statements of a school.it should meet the needs of at least 2 conditions:1, there was a chinese version of Ramayana before Wu Cheng'en wrote his book. 2 ,Monkey Hero Hanuman was known by many people of that period,at least Wu knew it .
in fact .the first chinese version of ramayana born in 1980s,and even nowadays few people know about Monkey Hero Hanuman
No doubt you are right.
One of the most enduring Chinese literary characters, Sun Wukong has a varied background and colorful cultural history. For example, Sun Wukong's is considered by some American, Chinese, and Indian scholars to be influenced by both the Hindu deity Hanuman from the Ramayana and elements of Chinese folklore.[2][3][4]