Sun Wukong - The Monkey King of Chinese Mythology

Sun Wukong, the Monkey King of Chinese Mythology. Sun Wukong is a legendary figure from Chinese mythology that remains well known in modern popular culture. Possessing great strength and many abilities, the monkey King has a fascinating story of power, rebellion against the heavens and redemption at the hands of simple monk. So who was Sun Wukong, and what was his story? Let’s find out together...
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[@RaconteurMythologyHistory]

Thanks for watching the story of Sun Wukong the Monkey King from Chinese Mythology. Leave a comment and let me know what you thought and any future stories you would like to see. Thanks!

[@vanryannorm1154]

Can the monkey king revive from the dead

[@naomirodoye7096]

I watched journey to the west

[@joannabevan5456]

Buddhism sounds really nice, though I wouldn't want to go through life not enjoying life's simple pleasures. Who wants to be a virgin forever? Not me. And I'm already a vegetarian.

[@3mepleasenow]

Say uno wa David sed. Again I say it though. Do I? Arse of black hole if China as controlled by art of Jai Ho Vau sa is Eve of mater of all vita dulcedo boar in Swinus per omnia sortie = ✔️ex cito as of quoted is suicidal non lemme see Ella as gid no but as quick shag.

[@3mepleasenow]

Ella Ella why are you persecution me all I want to do is love Terry do of pia but pigs ain’t goats for reasons pig don’t know love of not a natura and a goat that canis knock on the door doesn’t think of every thing beyond life or death but neither does the lamb lord ask the lion and the stuck up lion turns out to be Mike Mendones the goat not a lion.

[@deklore]

When you mention the Jade Emperor you show a picture of Guan Yu. I know you probaably googled for a picture of the Jade Emperor and that image came up, but its definately Guan Yu. He not wearing his emperor regalia and he is holding a weapon. The emperor is never depicted holding a weapon.

[@yokgor4675]

If the Jade Emperor were Guan Yu maybe he wouldn’t get his ass kicked so hard by the monkey king lol

[@cameroncalger8724]

Some emperors fight with there people in the battlefield

[@deklore]

@@cameroncalger8724 this one doesnt

[@shenloong9966]

Some might ask how does the magical rock mentioned comes by? Just to provide some context, this is the story that happened before Sun Wu Kong storyline. There were 2 gods, the fire god and the water god, that has the appearance of the half snake (lower body) and half man. The water god is evil, causing havoc (floods) to everywhere it went. The fire god wanted to prevent the water god from causing evil, so it battled the water god for a very long time. During the battle, many were destroyed and killed, affecting even the heaven itself. The sky could not withstand their destruction and broke up. Without a whole sky, a great apocalypse will bestow upon and completely annihilate the heaven and all realms. Foreseeing this possibility, a powerful mother goddess, NuWa decided to sacrifice herself and use the "5 color stone" to stop their battle and fix the sky. After the sky was fixed and the death of the goddess, the remaining fragments crashed down like meteors from the sky and one of them landed onto a mountain. This fragment is the magical rock mentioned. It has a great amount of holy energy within it. The rock was left undisturbed for many years (possibly hundreds or thousands of years), until the accumulation and cultivation of holy energy (absorption from surroundings) is too great and it creates a life within the rock. Thus Sun Wu Kong was born from the rock. Btw, Jade Emperor is the emperor of the heaven.

[@burtonrivera5253]

Your description makes one ponder the story of Rahu and Ketu, which, as you know, figure in Jyotish

[@blacksage3653]

what is the original source/text of this story?

[@shenloong9966]

@@blacksage3653 I am not quite sure, I think the story is passed down as a legend/myth in China. The internet did say that story has a original text written in ancient chinese. The story before Sun Wu Kong's timeline is not as popular as the Journey to the West

[@emekachuks7979]

Thanks for the story

[@user-cl6lw6rc1c]

Just saying, not true. That rock was just a powerful rock created from the beginning of universe, so basically, an infinity stone. You could argue the later violent, indestructible and capable of multiply himself, was basically Ultron with vibranium

[@omnijonn277]

Fun Fact: Did you know the manga creator of the dragon ball franchise, Akira Toriyamma, creates Goku's character base off The Monkey King Sun Wukong from Journey to the West.

[@SerCrispinCole]

Did you know monkey king himself is inspired from Bajarangbali?

[@CarrotFlowers421]

The movie Journey To The West has a great representation of him

[@hichamdardouchiabbou5741]

Which one

[@naomirodoye7096]

Monkey king

[@cynhiacations9879]

Many many years ago around 45-50years to be exact tgere was a show on tv called " monkey magic". My sisters and I watched every day and loved each episode. I didn't know until today that the story was in Chinese mythology. Thank you for bringing back memories.

[@charlesdavis7087]

I love the stories of Wu Kong and Hanuman. Thanks for sharing.

[@taleendaudiobooks8117]

excellent work! I actually found a ps4 game in a shop recently called Monkey King (almost definitely based on the mythology) that had totally passed me by until then

[@RaconteurMythologyHistory]

Very cool!

[@ph5194]

@@RaconteurMythologyHistoryinfamous anime series dragon ball is based of journey to the west

[@deepankarnakarmi8215]

Fine narration. Pls make for the Chinese legendary hero Hou Yi as it is the least touched upon upon character from Chinese myth.

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

Fun fact: Zhū Bājié was the inspiration for Ganon from the Legend of Zelda series

[@deepankarnakarmi8215]

it is a good narration. Could you make for Chinese myth character Hou Yi. This hero is hardly covered in detail by KZbin channels

[@tuchesuavae]

This is a super condensed telling of his story. For those interested this is lik 20% of his story. Def work looking into som wu kings full story

[@TheLYagAmi]

Glory to HANUMAN! Glory to SUN WUKONG the great sage who ascended to heaven!

[@manannaik1341]

Well hanuman is still here with us

[@shay8934]

Some lack of detail but very good vid

[@Ryguy0707]

Here to learn more about Sun after seeing him in Unmatched game

[@navarajbaramu3772]

do video on hindu monkey god Hanuman..

[@chrisblom121]

Good story im a bit disapointed you skipped half but eh can't know everything can ya

[@lonestarwolfentertainment7184]

The OG Shounen Protagonist.

[@siddharth5755]

Make videos on (hindu) mythology.

[@elsonlee]

you keep showing guan yu, the god of war as the jade emporer lolol

[@sun_wukong1984]

Good times

[@Williamchan87]

Some points were incorrect and you kept using guanyu as Jade emperor

[@pct87]

I didn’t mind it the first time, but then he kept on using guan yu as the jade emperor. One mistake is fine, it happens. But repeatedly doing it is simply a lack of info and research.

[@detective2221]

@@pct87 huh

[@skurvay3429]

Oh it is on like Sun Wukong!

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

My fav interpretation of this is by Jet Li in the movie forbidden kingdom

[@allaware1971]

Son Goku, peace be upon him.

[@oblivion6891]

he is actually too powerful for mythology. The guy solos Zeno from DBZ

[@YuhZnuyi]

With ease to

[@Aiamano9]

What’s the name of his power pole??

[@mateyboy2294]

Is a good analysis, but you got the story wrong at the last battle with the heaven, WuKong only reached to the gate of the palace. Buddha come on himself without being invite. because WuKong broke the heaven’s rules. Buddha punished him under the WuZhi mountain 500 years and waiting for Tong Dynasty’s monk -Tang Sanzang. After WuKong become an apprentice of Tang Sanzang. They went on to the journey to Western Heaven.

[@nicoleavisrumnong7130]

Hence the movie Journey to the West omg

[@vanryannorm1154]

Can monkey king revive from the dead?

[@yashmehta4087]

Isn't sun wukong inspired by powerful god Hanuman

[@Nick2JZ]

I lost interest from the beginning......" the stiff breeze knocked the rock off ". Why not say a Lighting shattered the rock?

[@bellz7323]

Anyone remember the TV show XiYouJi?!

[@vanryannorm1154]

Can time travel effect sun wukong or not and can he time travel

[@manicityfps5150]

its its GOKUUUU

[@mitchellkarama1417]

How can we support you

[@Ancaryvan]

Truth be told, it's simply a popular character from Dungeons & Dragons equivalent Fantasy Literature created by Wu, Cheh-ng ehng 吳承恩 in 1600 A.D. It's not an official deity worship in Ancient Chinese. Hence, not a Mythology.

[@happyhunter]

Sun Wu Kong and the Celestial beings may be legends but may contain truths of aliens, undersea civilisations and god like advanced technologies in the mists of time.

[@ninjapirate123]

Sun Wukong vs Goku

[@jamesstaley1355]

Yes I will be that guy over 9000!!!!

[@lucidshadowx9098]

So this is goku in a different dimension

[@mikensumu5182]

That's goku right ?

[@jamieakajigen4372]

God of the high school

[@mitchellkarama1417]

The story of Raava

[@jennglow4647]

😲

[@christanjoseph3915]

Incorrect details The story of monkey king is great and u r not telling the correct details.

[@sameer24872]

hindu god lord hanuman and sun wukong shares same stuff

[@t_truth3904]

I just can’t believe how the Chinese people believed in a monkey god with powers.. as if some random monkey just popped up with all these abilities lmao 😂 Such fools tbh.. not to mention all these other random comic book gods 😂

[@bivhutibhusunmaiti1249]

Indian mythology

[@kimcarrier4279]

O

[@abhishekchoudhary1]

You simply copied mythology unleashed p!!!

[@keshang_laow8325]

TBH I wouldn't have been happy to achieve enlightenment if I wasn't on the same level as Buddha and would constantly pick a fight with him.

[@jiyefuuu]

That's why U would not achieve enlightenment with that thought lol

[@keshang_laow8325]

@@jiyefuuu the monkey king did, and he challenged Buddha himself

[@detective2221]

@@jiyefuuu huh

[@Heavenly_Demon_God]

Sun wukong isnt a myth tho. Hes a character from a book. Lmao how you get this wrong

[@averythompkins3682]

turn from your sins and believe in THE LORD Jesus Christ and be baptized in THE NAME of THE FATHER, THE SON and THE HOLY SPIRIT if you haven’t already

[@Divineant21]

Ctfu no

[@tarekfatahfanclub9043]

Joker spotted.

[@LearnWithMe-777]

Sun wukong would beat the father to a pulp with his rod

[@matthewhowell8429]

Goku