After Sun Wukong made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace, the Tathagata asked him "How can I shake the Jade Emperor?" Wukong said, "The Monkey King has unparalleled power." The Tathagata said, "You are not even as good as an ordinary teacher in the mortal world." Wukong refused to accept it and made a bet: he would descend to the mortal world and incarnate as "Lin Wukong" and serve as a middle school teacher for three years.
