Monkey King is Sun Wukong's favorite title, it can be said that if you call him a great sage after you see him, as long as you ask him to do not do too much, then the great sage will be very happy to help you do it. So the question is, what kind of level is this Great Sage?
The level of the Great Sage
First of all, let me tell you about this so-called Monkey King, Heavenly Court actually does not have such a position, because this is a thing that Sun Wukong came up with himself. Take a look, when you came up with this thing, in Sun Wukong's self-awareness, what kind of level was this Monkey King?
The king has this magical power, how to raise horses with him? Just be a 'Monkey King', why not?It can only be said that for Sun Wukong, this is the biggest official, as long as he calls this thing, he will definitely be able to walk sideways in the Three Realms.
A level recognized by Heavenly Court
Of course, we know that in the end, Heavenly Court recognized the title of Monkey King, so since it was approved, we must give a corresponding level, and see what the level given by Heavenly Court looks like.
Let's take a look at the Jade Emperor's reaction after hearing this official position
How dare this demon monkey be so arrogant! The crowd will punish him immediately.From this reaction, we can see that the Jade Emperor was very angry at that time, and if it wasn't for someone persuading him, it is estimated that the monkey would have been miserable. This also shows that the level given by Heavenly Court is actually quite high. It's just that the position of Monkey King doesn't care about anything. To put it simply, it is a fictitious position, an honorary title.
Let's look at another detail
After Heavenly Court recognized Sun Wukong's position, it built him a Monkey King Mansion, which is what the original text said
The Jade Emperor immediately ordered the officials to work - Zhang and Lu Erban - on the right side of Pan Taoyuan, set up a Monkey King Mansion, and set up two divisions in the mansion: a quiet division and a Ning Shen Division.Seeing no, there is not only the Monkey King Mansion, but also two divisions. In other words, Sun Wukong at this time is actually a quasi-boss. You must know that such a treatment is basically equivalent to a princely level treatment in ancient China.
So we can now confirm the level of Monkey King, which basically you can understand as a one-word side by side king. This level is definitely quite high, which is why the Jade Emperor was so angry after hearing this.
Compare it to Bimawen
If we talk about a comparison with Bi Ma Wen, first of all, we must understand that this Monkey King must be more than Bi Ma Wen, and there is more than a little bit of cattle. After all, Bi Ma Wen has already said very clearly above, he is a low-level petty official, and he will not enter the stream at all. And this Monkey King is different, he is a one-word king, do you think there is any comparison?
If you really want to find out a little benefit of Bi Ma Wen, then Bi Ma Wen has real power, and he has many people under him. And this Monkey King is just a nominally bullish official position, but he doesn't care about anyone, and even says that he is not qualified to participate in the peach banquet. To say a metaphor that may not be appropriate, it is Monkey King, but it is just a title of honor, and it has not entered the system.