The folk tales of Sun Wukong were collected in the 16th-century novel "Journey to the West" by Wu Cheng'en, and his adventures and antics been the subject of many Chinese operas and puppet shows. Sun Wukong is a magically powerful, very smart, very strong, and extremely mischievous. He is in search of immortality and travels to India with the Monk Xuanzang to retrieve the Buddha's sutras. Along the way, Suwukong causes so much havoc that he attracts the attention of Buddha, who is called upon to teach him respect.