In the 16th-century novel Journey to the West, when the Monkey King, not content to be a mere celestial stable boy, creates havoc in heaven, the Jade Emperor, at his wits 'end, can only call on the Buddha and the bodhisattva Guanyin (Avalokitesvara) to bring him under control.
《西遊記》裡，天界遭只猴精弼馬溫撥攪得秩序大亂，玉帝莫可奈何，只好適時搬請佛祖、觀音菩薩相助。