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Disrupting the Peach Festival, the Great Sage steals elixir; / With revolt in Heaven, many gods would seize the fiend.
Now we must tell you that the Great Sage, after all, was a monkey monster; in truth, he had no knowledge of his title or rank, nor did he care for the size of his salary. He did nothing but place his name on the Register. At his official residence he was cared for night and day by the attending officials of the two departments. His sole concern was to eat three meals a day and to sleep soundly at night. Having neither duties nor worries, he was free and content to tour the mansions and meet friends, to make new acquaintances and form new alliances at his leisure. When he met the Three Pure Ones,1 he addressed them as "Your Reverence"; and when he ran into the Four Thearchs,2 he would say, "Your Majesty."