The recently rediscovered divination text Guicang contains the story of Chang'e as a story providing the meaning to Hexagram 54 of the I Ching, "Returning Maiden". Later into the story, the goddess, Chang'e's, pet, the Jade Rabbit, became an antagonist and had to retrieved by Chang'e or-else Sun Wukong would have killed the rabbit. During a heavenly festival of immortal peaches, the heavenly official (a Canopy Marshal named Heavenly Tumbleweed) who would become Zhu Bajie, became heavily-drunk, saw the goddess, Chang'e, and attempted to force himself on her, only to be prevented and reported for this act, resulting in him being reincarnated as a boar/man beast-monster, who would later be recruited by the Bodhisattva, Guanyin, as a guardian for Tang Sanzang as he went on his pilgrimage to India for the Tripitaka, the three baskets of scriptures written by Tathāgata Buddha. the "Vast-Cold Palace"), located upon the moon. Ĭhang'e also appears in Wu Cheng'en's late 16th-century novel, the Journey to the West here, she is said to live in the Guǎng Hán Gōng ( 廣寒宮, lit. In older versions of the story, Chang'e stole the elixir from Houyi, drank it, and flew to the Moon so that her husband could not go after her. Houyi discovered what had transpired and felt guilty, so he displayed the fruits and cakes that Chang'e had enjoyed, and killed himself. Then, Chang'e flew upward past the heavens, choosing the Moon as a residence, as she loved her husband and hoped to live nearby him.
She took them-herself instead of giving them to Fengmeng. However, while Houyi went out hunting, his apprentice Fengmeng broke into his house and tried to force Chang'e to give the elixir to him. He did not consume it straight away, but let Chang'e keep it with her, as he did not want to gain immortality without his beloved wife. Hou Yi the archer shot down nine of them, leaving just one Sun, and was given either two or one with enough for two elixirs of immortality as a reward. Ten suns had risen together into the skies and scorched the Earth, thus causing hardship for the people. In one version, in a very distant past, Chang'e was a beautiful woman. There are many tales about Chang'e, including a well-known story about her that is given as the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival. In modern times, Chang'e has been the namesake of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. She is the subject of several legends in Chinese mythology, most of which incorporate several of the following elements: Houyi the archer, a benevolent or malevolent emperor, an elixir of life, and the Moon. ə/ CHONG-ə Chinese: 嫦娥 pinyin: Cháng'é, alternatively rendered as Chang-Er or Ch‘ang-o), originally known as Heng'e, is the Chinese goddess of the Moon. For other uses, see Chang'e (disambiguation).
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