Ruyi Jingu Bang

Ruyi Jingu Bang
Chinese如意金箍棒
Literal meaningAs desired, golden-hooped staff
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinrúyì jīngū bàng
A 19th-century drawing of Sun Wukong featuring his staff.

Ruyi Jingu Bang (Chinese: 如意金箍棒; pinyin: Rúyì Jīngū Bàng; Wade–Giles: Ju2-yi4 Chin1-ku1-pang4), or simply Ruyi Bang or Jingu Bang, is the poetic name of a magical staff wielded by the immortal monkey Sun Wukong in the 16th-century classic Chinese novel Journey to the West.

Anthony Yu translated the name simply as "The Compliant Golden-Hooped Rod,"[1] while W.J.F. Jenner translates it as the "As-You-Will Gold-Banded Cudgel."[2]

  1. ^ Wu, Cheng'en, and Anthony C. Yu. The Journey to the West (Vol. 1). Chicago, Ill: University of Chicago Press, 2012, p. 104
  2. ^ Wu, Cheng'en, and W.J.F. Jenner. Journey to the West (Vol. 1). [S.l.]: Foreign Languages Press, 2001, p. 56.