Yuenü

Along the way, she was challenged by an old man who was in reality a magic white Interconnected-arm gibbon ape:[3] The Young Woman of Yue travelled north for her audience with the king.

[4]Upon meeting the king, the Maiden reveals the secret to her fighting ability is the application of yin and yang energy, which are metaphorically described as the opening and closing of large and small swinging doors.

According to the Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu and Yue, King Goujian met a female sword fighter called Nanlin (Yuenü) who demonstrated mastery over the art.

The Yue were also thought to have possessed mystical knives embued with the talismanic power of dragons or other amphibious creatures.

[7] From the seasons of spring to autumn, Yuan Gong, the reincarnation of the white monkey who obtained sorcery, became a disciple of the goddess Jiutian Xuannu and was appointed by the Jade Emperor as a “heavenly secretary”.

He stole a sacred document and inscribed its contents on the wall of Baiyun Cave, and was put on trial for committing such a crime; he was sentenced to guard Baiyun Cave alone for the rest of his life to prevent anyone from reading the contents of the document he had copied onto its walls.