Journey to the West | The Continued Story of Sun Wukong

Centuries after Sun Wukong had been imprisoned beneath Five Elements Mountain, the Buddha observed the people of China acting cruel and uncouth to one another. To remedy this, he declares that someone must be chosen to make the pilgrimage to India and return with the sacred scriptures. The chosen one is the monk Tang Sanzang, also called Tripitaka, who will need the help of the disgraced Monkey King, as well as a white dragon horse, a Pig demon, and a Sand demon in order to survive the many dangers that lay ahead!
MYTHOLOGY HAS BEEN TOLD AND RETOLD IN MANY FORMS ACROSS TIME, STORIES AND ACCOUNTS MAY VARY.
MUSIC:
"Tai Chi and Reiki" Senna Relax
"Chinese Music" D.O. Channel
"Wugong Mountains" Brandon & Derek Fiechter
"The Forbidden City" Antti Martikainen
CLIPS:
Stock footage of a Tiger
OPENING:
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ARTISTS FEATURED:
Chen Huiguan
Fenghua Zongg
Pippo the Fox
Melvin Chan
Shotaro Honda
Ying Wong
Brian Smith
Ajay Kamble
Ellen Patrick
Matias Habert
Sabrina Page
Tian Waitang
Sleepy-C
REFERENCES:
“Monkey: A Folktale of China” by Arthur Waley
“Dragons, Gods, and Spirits from Chinese Mythology” by Tao Tao Liu Sanders
chine.in/fichiers/jourwest.pdf
www.innerjourneytothewest.com/...
open.spotify.com/episode/5uz5...
uploads.worldlibrary.net/uploa...
journeytothewestresearch.file...
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[@MythologyUnleashed]

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[@jasonhernandez4321]

Next part?

[@monkeseeaction21987]

Story on Sun Wukong is a story of an extremely outstanding person shifting from fighting against a corrupt system to eventually learning to take advantage of a corrupt system. Most of the monsters they faced along the way of journey to the west are relatives of the gods in heaven. Like a son, a daughter, a nephew, or even just a heavenly coi fish. For all of these monsters with connections Sun Wukong was really holding back. And these monsters were always eventually spared by the heavenly gods at the end. But for the few monsters that didn't have a heavenly background like the skeleton monster, Sun executed them. Sun learned that by rebelling against a corrupt system you gain nothing in the end, but by playing by their rules you get everything in the end. This is the true moral of the story, a sarcasm on the Chinese society at the time. Lots of Chinese people know about this theme.

[@TheFi3nd]

Heavenly coi fish😂

[@killaDBZfan101]

I thought it was a big play on how Buddhism is essentially the way lol but this is a cool theme behind it too

[@nelsona9381]

like politics🙃

[@szenszely5143]

This explains a lot, thank you. I was wondering that he single-handedly defeated the entire army of the heavens, how is he struggling against anyone. :)

[@shinobifirecracker6671]

Considering it’s considered one of the 4 pieces of essential Chinese literature, I’d say all know. The ones that don’t? Children who have yet to learn

[@chungus_khan]

This is what Akira Toriyama based "Dragon Ball" off of. Goku, the protaganist from Dragon Ball with his monkey tail & flying nimbus cloud who would turn into a giant Oozaru, or giant ape at full moon, was based off the Monkey King from Journey to the West.

[@jashardwallington]

Yep

[@easy2532]

Jin Mori from God of highschool was based on Sun Wukong even Naruto shadow clone jutsu was being influenced by Sun Wukong hair cloning techniques

[@qitiandasheng2597]

We can all agree most amines have loose basement off of this story

[@ph5194]

@@qitiandasheng2597 most people don’t even know Chinese,Japanese,Korean,Vietnamese mythology Most western people only viewed entire Asia Eastern cultures throughout anime

[@kidgoku2206]

One Piece too, nami has the pole and Cloud and can make multiple images of herself and has them 2 bracelets and at the same time people think that Luffy is The Monkey King

[@popparocks8546]

By far my favorite story in Chinese mythology and what got me into it in the first place

[@spmathz4347]

Nice pfp

[@zech3121]

Me too, really enjoyed this.

[@chrismartinez1949]

Awesome

[@MythologyUnleashed]

Journey to the West has been our most requested video since it was announced 6 months ago! If you enjoyed this content, and would like to support the channel, share this video around!

[@johnsantos507]

Can you talk about Nezha.

[@ChengHow1979]

@@johnsantos507 Nezha is the kid riding on the fire wheels right? Love that kid :D he also fought Wukong once in Journey to the West

[@worldtraveler930]

It's an interesting choice of abbreviation that you have utilized to condense 99 chapters down to a quarter of an hour or more!!! 🐵👍

[@kevinpotts123]

This is the most excited I have been about a KZbin show in a long time.

[@Yusbarrett1]

I think it was important to add that once the entire group is assembled, all the adventures throughout their journey to the west are not linear, but are more like isolated episodes that almost never connect one with another. This is because most of these adventures were a compilation of fantastic stories told by buddhist monks in China passed through oral tradition. What the author did, was to compile most of those stories and assemble them into a lineal story (similar to what happened with One Thousand and One Nights, which is actually a compilation of stories, not a linear story). This is also why some stories are even very similar one to another and sometimes fight very similar monsters or happen in very similar environments (villages, mountains, forests, caves, rivers, etc.), sometimes one story is a variation of another, this also explains why there is no such thing as a climatic battle (the closest one being vs the Bull Demon King which happens around 3/4 of the main story), or why when they are in the last village before buddha they don't even mention anything about it.

[@chipanderson2135]

I watched Monkey as a child in the 70s and I loved the stories. I never realised that they were so closely linked to the actual story. I now understand the significance of Pigsy and Sandy.

[@brothermanbill6442]

Sun Wukong is my favorite character in Mythology. My second favorite is King Gilgamesh.

[@mkmayhem7306]

Ah same here. The two are just amazing. Especially for written warriors. Beowulf is most definitely my 3rd favorite.

[@henkhenkste6076]

Gilgamesh is history not mythology.....

[@ralphralph5990]

​@@henkhenkste6076 idk what you mean, but if you're serious then you're wrong. Although there is an argument that Gilgamesh is a real king, most of the time Gilgamesh is considered from Mesopotamian mythology rather than a real one, plus all records dating to the name Gilgamesh mostly comes from tales or poems not historical records or ledgers.

[@henkhenkste6076]

@@ralphralph5990 poor feeble minded fool

[@dakotapeters5654]

I'm not sure I see much of a difference between history and mythology. Pretty much the same things. If we weren't there for it, then it simply could all be made up... besides, it's like the telephone game. Anyhow, after so much translation, it becomes way inaccurate. However, it doesn't matter it's still good stories with morals/virtues.

[@ph5194]

Sun Wukong is my favorite Chinese mythology monkey god.He is arguably one of the well known mythology characters in Eastern Asia cultures At the end of his journey he obtained nirvana state Buddha hood make him nigh Omnipotent if not an Omnipotent being.I hope Mythology Unleashed would do a video about the characters Sun Wukong beings influenced by non other than Hanuman the monkey from Hindu mythology or others monkey deities Sarugami,Howler Monkey Gods,Ciudad Blanca.

[@jamesbarnes3832]

Sun Wukong was the last child of the Earth Goddess. He hatched from a stone egg. Hanuman is son of Anjana and father Kesari, but is also known as the son of Vayu, the wind god; so perhaps Kesari is not his father after all. I don't see much connection between the two as Hanuman wasn't transporting scriptures nor are their tales of the Hanuman rebelling against heaven or eating the peaches of immortality. On the other hand, there are no tales of the Sun Wukong carting an entire island around because he doesn't know which herb he needs to pick. I will agree with the fact that they both had very long tales.

[@ph5194]

@@jamesbarnes3832 The monkey king Sun Wukong powers came from Chinese mythology Goddess Nuwa.

[@ph5194]

@@jamesbarnes3832 Feel bad most people out there Sun Wukong is Goku or Jin Mori rip off.Sun Wukong inspired Naruto shadow clone jutsu They only watch anime but never heard of Chinese or Hindu cultures before

[@ph5194]

@@thevictoriousfightingbuddh1234 see you just proved my points The only beings are capable of beating Buddhahood Sun Wukong is Marvel The One Above All,DC The Presence/Overmonitor(Monitor-mind)/The writer,Gan from Dark Tower/Pennywise novel true form,Toribot from Dragon Ball,Kami Tenchi,The Creator from Umineko when they cry,SCP 3812,God from The Bible,Azathoth from H.P lovecraft,…..

[@za13300]

There are 4 mystical monkeys in Chinese myth and Sun Wukong is the most famous out of them given he’s the Victorious Fighting Buddha and one of the main characters in Journey to the West (one of the four Chinese classics). There’s also a second mystical monkey called Six-Eared Macaque which pretended to be Sun Wukong in the tale but the other two mystical monkeys are not mentioned at all in any of the other popular myths.

[@alexandriacollins7119]

Actually, Tripitaka didn't put the circlet on Wukong's head, on Guanyin's instructions, he tricks Wukong to place it on his-own head-himself, inadvertently giving it power over him--likewise this is how the Buddha had gotten one over on Wukong 500-years-earlier, Wukong *agreeing* to their bet, inadvertently giving-himself into the Buddha's power. The moral of this story: *ALWAYS* read the fine-print before you sign-up for something.

[@sevuvidramus1717]

Monkey Magic is a gem to all storytelling in television and a blessing from the epic tale Journey to The West

[@Tarathathe77wookiee]

Thank you so much for this one. The Journey West, The Monkey King and the others, is one of my favorite stories!!

[@kshitijjha9291]

The background music in the last video about sun wukong was just so captivating added by his tone of describing the story, damn I am gonna enjoy a lot.

[@luismaldonado1041]

Thank you for this!!! Man I love this legend, but the voice-over and the narration, the images, this was perfect!!

[@sarahhurst140]

I am so looking forward to this! Absolutely love this channel and the narration is par excellence!

[@khoa002]

Another excellent video. I look forward to some of your individual episodes of the challenges they encountered.

[@DVeritas]

I’m so happy I came across this channel. I will definitely be showing it to my daughter (5 years old), because these stories are simply delightful. Thank you so much for them, I hope you keep on doing them for years to come 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼.

[@craineyfit8619]

Thanks! This was the first time I'd heard this story! Many many thanks!

[@ladyvenusdragon]

This was amazing. I hope that you can cover more of this journey in future videos as this was truly wonderful to watch and learn about.

[@sleeplesssongbird7625]

This is one of my favorite stories that I enjoyed reading growing up and hearing from my Grandfather. :) It really is an amazing story and I'm happy to see so many who enjoy it also.

[@ccyamato]

The thing that always strikes me about "part 1" and "part 2" so to speak is how much weaker Sun Wukong is in the rest of journey to the west. In his dedicated part he fights the entire heavenly army to a draw, but in most of Journey to the West he's constantly challenged by fights that rightly shouldn't trouble him at all. granted he's 500 years out of practice, and many of his "losses" are due to environmental factors or weird loopholes (it's not fire, it's Holy Fire, totally different). Side note, I love these videos, but don't do a premiere notification 5 days in advance.

[@monkeseeaction21987]

That's the underlying theme of the story. He's been massively holding back this entire time because he's on his own true journey to learn to be humble, instead of abusing his power just because he could. Same thing as Kratos in GOW 4. Underlying canon is that he's been holding back massively in all the fights while his true fight was to control his rage.

[@kenziebalhatchet3918]

@@monkeseeaction21987 yeah but I doubt monkey would willingly hold back

[@killaDBZfan101]

@@kenziebalhatchet3918 he started to, he was becoming enlightened and becoming humble to reach nirvana. Perfect peace for the Money compared to his cocky attitude that led him to be feared.

[@yunglonestar]

@@monkeseeaction21987 w comment

[@MAW51187]

Thank you for the enlightening

[@Mythical.History]

He the chad! Reject Humanity ----> Return to Monke 🦍🙏

[@sturg0353]

Yes! I was so excited for this!!

[@DomKickPicks]

So cool man good video

[@marinakaiser7639]

Great just finished work driving home,and listening to the story😁❤ already calm and serene no hectic from work🤪🤗‼

[@calico27]

Had to come here, coz I got curious and couldn't wait for Red to get to the remaining parts.. over at the OSP channel 😂 But Red's narration is totally worth re-hearing it all!

[@Cybernaut551]

Every folklore and stories are fascinating and breathtaking.

[@SongoftheLute]

such a great video. when I was a kid we used to watch this tv thing about a monkey guy on a pink cloud with a pig and a dragon guy as well as this strange figure on a horse. Its great to watch your video since I can now fill in all the blanks. I remember monkey turning himself into a flea in one episode and another where they were running out of food so they were trying to decide who would draw the short straw! I never knew the dragon guy was the horse or that the monk was a guy since the actor must have been very beautiful. We all thought he was some kind of princess since the translation wasn't very good. It was so action packed with martial arts, magic and all kinds of crazy stuff. Thanks for solving this mystery for me. Now I know what the show was all about! I've really enjoyed your content of myths from around the world. Superb so I've subscribed and am very eager to see more. What will you cover next?

[@poopoohead7427]

Love this would love more Chinese mythology

[@christopheraponte306]

Always one of the best stories, and the foundation of one of the most famous animated characters

[@Necrowolf81]

That's arguable. Outside of anime fans most people have ZERO clue about DBZ and Goku.

[@jamescrawford8538]

Been waiting to hear about this

[@clarkwilliamlor7728]

Love it ❤❤ growing up reading box and seeing all kind of movie about it.

[@danieledeson2864]

My god that was an absolute blast of a story my dudes and dudettes 😱🤯

[@danieledeson2864]

Thank you 😊

[@gensischronicles1148]

Shiiiiit I've been waiting for this one! Looking forward to it

[@kermidiu4390]

Same!

[@gensischronicles1148]

Didn't disappoint! ( it didn't take 2 months for me to watch it...)

[@trollking202]

Sun Wukong was born from the purity of a ray of light which attracted the emperor of heaven. He rebelled against heaven and overcome all those that opposed him. His essence remained throughout his journey and by virtue of his being willing to take a leap of faith ‘ the leap from the waterfall’ he was imbued with powers that shook the very core of the heavens.

[@TheEvilTwinCG2]

Monkey King is my all time favorite warrior… still is… always will be…

[@JackRabbit002]

These two parts are beautiful man ......Gonna fly off in my Cloud now! "Oh God I don't wanna see that!!!"

[@korvus1248]

Beautiful story ❤

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

The pig demon was the inspiration for Ganon from the legend of zelda series

[@robbabcock_]

Interesting! I appreciate the content on Eastern mythology as I don't know it nearly so well as myths of the West.

[@Necrowolf81]

plenty of western myths you probably aren't familiar with like The Ulster Cycle.

[@wakaneut]

Budha : "Hell, you wanna take the scriptures? You ain't got nuthin' for me, who dya think I am? A charity? Here're textless papers for ya. Can't say I give u nuthin'" Tang : "Here's my gold begging bowl". Budha : "Sh*t. GOLD begging bowl? That's new. Okay. Let's trade."

[@TheEmperorjun]

❤❤❤wonderful!!!

[@SelfZin]

Journey to the West aka the story that takes the first seven chapters to explain the convoluted story of a stone monkey that managed to become immortal seven different ways and singlehandedly pissed of all of heaven

[@jujubeans9321]

I will get the best understanding when I buy the game next year. Black Myth Wukong #1 Every gamer experience with Black Myth Wukong game will be fun and Dope.

[@barbruhikuyo6791]

the story is so cool i love it

[@jeromedillon1398]

Come on man I've been waiting to see this

[@ChengHow1979]

Fun Fact, Sun Wukong represents the flow of the belief systems of China from Animism, Taoism/Confucianism, to Buddhism. Fascinating!!! 🤔

[@MetalizedButt]

I’d love to see this story fully animated by A.I

[@dragowolfraven3806]

The Monkey King is one of my favorite mythology stories.

[@TheMovieUniverse]

I remember this story well. It was covered on the pbs kids series wishbone. I have also read the book. A great story!

[@stellarshriner]

I enjoy Sun WuKong, thank you.

[@megatron_steel704]

Countdown begins!👏👏

[@marinakaiser7639]

Wow😄 i can't wait 5 days longer 😂the story of yesterday was truly great ❤🖤👍

[@alexanderkoruga6409]

15:00 - this is one of many examples of why it is WISE NOT to DISRESPECT a Spiritual Master like the Gautama the Buddha, Jesus Christ or anyone near their levels of ACHIVEMENTS, VIRTUES, and so much more!!!

[@user-ey1wn9ml9p]

Awesome story Journey to the West. It’s the Chinese version of Jason and the Argonauts

[@Mythical.History]

Can't wait!!

[@jonathanjakobo5776]

Soo cool

[@Salohcin2000]

LETSSS FUCKING GOOO WUKONG DA GOAT, thank u for making legendary video

[@jessicajayes8326]

"Did somebody say hijinks!?" Me: Oh Monkey. In this episode, Dragon horse, Pigsy, and Sandy join the party. with the chosen one!

[@mathieuleader8601]

the inspiration behind Dragonball and One Piece

[@jashardwallington]

One piece is inspired by this

[@kenziebalhatchet3918]

@@jashardwallington that’s what they said

[@theone8203]

And Naruto too

[@tumomukanihimself]

The inspiration behind Dragon Ball's Goku ❤

[@davidontop5045]

Yissir can’t wait 😤

[@zech2007]

can u do a video about Nezha please ?

[@3hristopher]

Sun didn’t even wanna do this they forced him with the headband 😂

[@ChengHow1979]

Ooooooohhhhh this is da best >.

[@notdante1151]

My man XuanZang been flexing on people the entire journey... He knocking on door after door asking for free food with a golden bowl.

[@TejashIScool]

Please Make Video On Sha Wujing

[@jeremybennett3909]

Cool

[@solya1899]

Thank you. It is awesome. Looking forward to more stories from Journey to the West. 🐒🐖🐉🏞☸👹📿

[@JacksonWalter735]

I can't wait.

[@studyanshul2051]

He is badass as hell

[@ashburndarider]

That 2nd to the last artwork featuring the JTTW gang, who's art is that? DOPE!

[@saraross8396]

There used to be a mobile game called "Dragalia Lost". While it had its own main story, it often featured side stories in the form of events. Often these stories, as well as the characters that could be obtained, drew inspiration from folktales around the world. "Journey to the West" was one of these, and even got two events. Instead of scrolls they hunted for Qi Lin relics, magical artefacts that could cause trouble if improperly used. A few of these relics were based on items found in the story such as the gourd, Wukong's headband, and the one that created the flying cloud. I wonder how many players noticed.

[@chuckcatipay7947]

goosebumps.

[@xkillmaster932]

such a hype story for one champion

[@hongmeiwang6117]

There are parts from the origin story that actually horrific to think about… There are three tiers of peaches, each for the different level of gods, When Wu Kong finished all the top tiers, the lower tier peach will be provided to the middle tier gods… all gods might be weakened because of this. What will the monsters do at this moment? Is the wukong who finished the Journey really wukong?

[@elysheartstrings]

Great story! Is there anything else that happens afterwards? I heard Sun Wukong's story doesn't end after this

[@friktogurg9242]

Lotus lantern?

[@elysheartstrings]

@@friktogurg9242 Thank you very much ^_^

[@AkuaLaniakea]

You know, it's funny... People dont connect the dots to Dragon Ball beyond just names and idea basings and think it's just foundation. It's literally the depth of Wukongs mind.. Vegeta and Goku, their names, abilities and conflictions and iniability to face eachother represent the depth of the Great Monkey King.. Who they reflect when they combine/fuse... Gogeta.. at Once.. Every cosmic entity down to the cute names (bibdi babidi buu or kamehameha and the turtle island.. Puar, Oolong.. Everything) reflects something in sinewave energetics, vast native american/indigenous and pacific islander knowledge and a whole lot of Sanskrit knowledge.. ...Toriyama blessed us in ways we have yet to see or spiritually comprehend publically. The same with Naruto and the american anime based animation Avatar The Last Airbender (excluding Legend of Korra) Though not specific to the SunWukong/SonGoku ​in depth repainted myths and cosmic movements.. These are satill Buddhism/Sanskrit (cosmos as consciousness at once, the massive movement of which we are all apart) understandings significant to most ancient ppl once upon a time. Anthropomorphics and zoomorphics is unbelievable once you "see it".. it's everywhere.. and the ppl who come from deep cultures around the world that know how to write these things in modern ways while being so entertaining.. My absolute Heart... Ometeotl.

[@Necrowolf81]

I realized the connection between this stotry and DBZ while playing the ps1 journey to the west game and I'm not even a fan of DBZ

[@changowowowoezzy9617]

Maybe the greatest story ever

[@user-ub1qt5zz1k]

The art in the point 5:58 is by Sleepy-C, I just noticed you didn’t include them in the credits. I’m actually surprised that I saw it here, because that Sun Wukong is from the novel Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, it was adopted into a manhwa that is drawn by Sleepy-C and it is the reason why I’m interested about Sun Wukong.

[@MythologyUnleashed]

Credited! Thank you!

[@user-ub1qt5zz1k]

@@MythologyUnleashed that was a fast response, thanks!

[@justsayin5018]

Legend has it that sun wukong now works at the CIA and he smells so bad that people quit their jobs

[@BlowfishShorts]

Bruh could leap thousands of miles but it took him 14 years to get to India. C'mon Wukong.

[@acg__ytplayz7133]

Finally !!!!

[@thispodcastisnotimportant6667]

The Buddha did say that China had accepted Taoism and Confucianism and only needed one more school of thought to reach enlightenment and purity. If Buddhism was in China and Taoism was removed for example the state would revert to barbarity. Wu Cheng'en himself was a Daoist but had deep sympathies for Buddhism and Confucianism which is shown clearly in the book. One of the greatest books I've ever read its up there with 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit, the Bhagavad Gita, War and Peace, the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Iliad as well as the Odyssey. Too bad there isn't much audiobook stuff for it but you can still buy it and its highly recommended.

[@zaccurtis9954]

this whole mythology could be a 800 ep shonin anime

[@ariffhafizi8089]

Amazing history about sun wukong👍. Question:Is monkey named Six eared macaque are real?if it's,can you tell the story/make video about it? (Sorry bad language)

[@LostCoder111]

That story is base off from a different variant of the monkey king book where the stone give birth to 3 monkey king and not 1. Which is the strong monkey king. The six ear monkey king and the smart monkey king

[@nikkol3077]

I have been to the places mentioned in the journey to the west until the flaming mountain

[@Chendoart]

I think Sun Wukong was the first Human king (homosapian). The jade emperor and the other gods are like Atlantian humans (denisovans)

[@haleychambers2]

Can you do Loki's children!!!

[@williamrichardson2344]

Of all the stories in the world the story of the Monkey King and the Journey to the West is my favorite stories of all time ...My favorite cartoon Dragonball and the main Character Goku is based on the Monkey King ...

[@Paragonscales]

Yep Goku is based on Sun Wukong

[@Fujin1111]

Wow talking about a fwllowship! Make this a movie

[@Vasto_]

the fact wukong wanted smoke from all gods wastop teir

[@onesaitama5156]

The real journey is for all of them to reach enlightenment. Sun learned how to control his rage and power, and not destroy everything.

[@heyhowyoudoing8120]

Let's gooo

[@abrahamsteven5864]

Hey there, how do you know that he’s real Sun Wukong in the earth here? I can’t find much information from any website.

[@TBT707]

This makes me glad i was born in the year of the monkey hehe

[@alexanderkoruga6409]

5:55 - I didn't like that gold band and I obviously don't like the equivalent I have in my head today!!! Either way, I MASTERED both the gold band and this otherworldly torture tech because I AM THE MONKEY KING!!! The main difference is that today I am a mere human being. I had to master this otherworldly tech with just above average strength for a human being these days and I did it at an EXTREMELY YOUNG AGE. Talk about TOUGH!!! But I did it and so can all sentient beings!!!

[@mohommedsoumaoro9140]

Luffy=monkey demon Sanji=pig demon Zoro= orge/sand demon Nami=dragon demon #Weare