How the Monkey King escaped the underworld - Shunan Teng
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- Опубліковано 18 чер 2024
- Meet Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, and follow his journey to the Realm of the Dead and his fierce battle to escape the underworld.
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The Monkey King, a legendary troublemaker hatched from stone and schooled in divine magic, had stolen the Dragon Lord’s most treasured weapon: a magical staff. Returning to his kingdom to show off his treasure to his tribe of warrior monkeys, he finds himself caught in the clutches of two soul collectors, dragging him to his death. Shunan Teng details the Monkey King’s journey to the underworld.
Lesson by Shunan Teng, directed by Yijia Cao & Mohammad Babakoohi.
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Ok but the fact that Wukong tore out the names of as many monkeys from his tribe as he could find, implying that he actually memorized their names which is saying something because he had 46 THOUSAND MONKEYS IN HIS KINGDOM, really shows just how much he cared for them
Also show how nimble he is , to throw away so fast all those name the gods can barely response
Or maybe they were just under the same category so he just swipe out the whole category of monkeys who live under the address flower fruit mountain.
Hmmmm...
Select * from wukong tribe 🤷♂️
@@saanumathew3399 I am.. the monkey King 👑... 😊
Monkey: *Tears own name out*
Death Lords "...hey, you can't do..."
Monkey: *tears whole tribe out*
lol underated comment
sounds like something a monkey would do xd
😂
Lol 😂
what are they gonna do? kill him? HE'S 5X IMMORTAL
European mythology: All those who tried to defy death had failed.
Chinese mythology: monke rewrite expiration date to never
This comment makes zero sense.
@@maxpowers4436 says you
MONKE REWROTE DEATH MONKE OP HITMONKE OP
Monke op nerf in next update
@@terrabyte7010 what???? what you talkin bout man
"Escaped" the underworld?
More like he decided to leave after making the death lords cry
Yes death mans cried because MONKE
Mmmm monke
MMMMM M O N K E
It seems they could not handle the neutron style
This explains why people born in 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016, and soon 2028 are jokesters and clever, yet helpful and caring.
Imagine being one of those monkey warriors being told that everybody was liberated, but then the Monkey King saw you and said “Oh, my bad, forgot to clear your name.”
"whoops, sorry Carol. Maybe next time don't eat the last god dam pudding and say you forgot to buy more"
That's such a Karen move 😂
Sounds like Deadpool in animal form. I hate that Guy.
That one homie who’s left out but still rock with y’all 😂
🤣🤣🤣
"There must be a lot of dudes name Sun Wukong right?"
"Yeah show me where that is written."
*Proceeds to erase his name and a lot of his monkeys' name off from the underworld book*
OSP fan, right?
@@jessicajayes8326 whats osp
M T Overly Sarcastic Productions
M T
Overly Sarcastic Production. It’s a UA-cam channel where they animated myths, summarized epics and discussing history. They are very fun and you should see the channel.
OSP for life.
If this were any other story, that would be the entire thing. But in reality, Sun Wukong's journey to the underworld and back again is pretty much only a very small part of a much larger prologue to an even larger epic.
please explain..
@@lorenzohernandez7328 Basically, the events summarised in this video are like episode 1 to a twenty season long epic. It’s a very long story and this only covers the tiniest slither of the whole thing.
@@AlmostAnimixers sounds badass just found out this guy was the idea for goku
@@lorenzohernandez7328 So it's the very first part of a Chinese Novel written five hundred years ago, you may search for "A Journey to the West". Probably every child in the Chinese speaking world, I mean not only China, but also Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and many other East Asian Country such as Korea and Japan, read this story at a young age.
@@pumpkinspicelatte4448 can confirm, i didn't read a lot of chinese but this was amazing
Imagine being that one monkey he forgot to take off the list.
“I have made you all immortal!”
“Even me?”
“Uh...yeah...what was your name again?”
KING TUT
I guess monke king has another reason to greet the deathlord once again
Ok
Yasmin Razak
Actually, what if someone DIDN'T want to be immortal? I wish that the monkey king could have asked them first, but I get why he couldn't.
I’m pretty sure it was easier for him. He literally beat up heaven, like 5 times.
He has there was a graphic novel in my school that told how he did just that
Connor Henry American Born Chinese?
Deathbywarcraft 115 the book? Then Yeah I think that is the one
Correct me if I'm wrong but this death happens before he is even granted the role of Horse Caretaker.
@@PeterLiuIsBeast you aren't wrong
Just casually tears his whole tribe’s names from the literal records of death in front of the literal enforcers of death
That’s some monkey balls of steel
Monkeys never give a damn. XD
True madlad
absolute unit
You mean like dragon balls
@@ahmedalfatih7723 Well it is the story that the creator of the show borrowed from.😛
0:48 "The dragons graciously allowed Sun Wukong to keep the staff." Yeah right, he wrecked havoc in their palaces and they couldn't do anything about it.
Bro, the staff was actually a giant needle meant to serve as a pillar of the sea. When SWK removed it, it caused a tsunami that wrecked the entire dragon palace and SWK continue to demand Armour to fit his reputation. The dragons complained to the Heaven and Jade Emperor was the one who sent the Death Enforcers after SWK for punishment. And whatever the video mentioned happens.
@@barry4989 Umm ok I know that I read the books, but that doesn't change the fact it was not given graciously. He practically stole the 定海神针.
According to my Chinese textbook, the prawn and crab ppl begged him to leave.
@@reveirg9 actually- I don't think wukong stole it. Since I read the book and realize that the dragon queen suggested her husband about the staff to wukong, which- thats all remember.. It was actually given to him, because they wanted him to leave already.
Guys I think y'all are mentioning different versions that all might be true
Trivia: the “magical staff” was actually an iron pillar and weighed 8.1 tonnes. Although its physical dimensions could be magically shrunk, its mass could not - it weighed the same even when shrunk to the size of a needle. Only Son’s tremendous strength allowed him to carry it in his ear.
It is said he can run with the weight of 2 mountains on his shoulders
Theoretically, he could create a singularity point by shrinking the needle enough
So you're telling me - after ALL that defying in death, fighting the underworld, and tampering with the book of life and death _himself..._ He still follows the rule of mass?
I heard the monkey king received a rework recently and now he is OP in top lane.
Are you talking about Ml?
@@boblackross3571 League of Legends you uncultured swine
notnA Siew lmao i think u mean dota 2😹
Wukong! Lmao
This is either a League reference or a Dota 2 reference
Normal myths: teaches a moral usually about self control
This myth: m o n k e
ua-cam.com/video/c1s3Iekns9k/v-deo.html
this not a myth, this is a novel from medivial china
m o n k e
There is a moral, if you train hard enough you can become a legend and defy death.
@@kr1spness actually there really isn't a moral in this part but rather through the entire journey to the west. Sun Wukong is an allegorical representation of the mind
"And before they could do anything to stop him,
The Monkey King wrote that every criminal on earth would die of a heart attack in 40 seconds."
*Happy Kira noises*
Def not
Ok well I haven't done anything too bad, right? So I should be fine! This means all the child-doers will go away, but I should be fi-
What I love about Sun Wukong's story is that he becomes Immortal 4 or 5 times, first by becoming ageless by learning taoist secrets, then this, then he eats pills of immortality made by the jade emperor's alchemist and later eating the peaches of immortality from the orchard they were in- all of them. Its hilarious, the first part of the Journey to the west is basically hyping him up the whole time, finally stoping him, so he can be made to help out the MC of that tale.
Death: Sun Wukong, it’s time for you and your monkeys to di-
Sun Wukong: No.
absolute defiance (ฅㅇㅂㅇฅ)｡･
no, i dont think i will.
Ted Ed: Talks about Sun Wukong
Me: Laughs in Overly Sarcastic Productions
Death: understandable, have a great day.
uh so its actually pronounced Soo Wookoong (In the language)
Ted Ed: Talks about Sun Wukong
Me: Laughs in Overly Sarcastic Productions
Laughs in
Was looking for this
perfect
Yes
Exactly
Can I also say, this guy was like, QUADUPLELY IMMORTAL. This was like his 4th round of immortality.
Second, actually. His first layer of immortality was practicing forbidden Daoist teachings and magic under Puti Zushi, earning him the name of Sun Wukong, which means "The Monkey Awakened to the Void." His third layer of immortality was drinking the Wine of the Immortals during the feast of the Jade Emperor. Getting drunk from this, he then consumed many of the Peaches of Immortality (that he was supposed to be guarding at the time), and then, while still in his drunken fit, stumbled upon Laozi's laboratory, found five medications gourds filled with immortality pills, and consumed all of the pills within all five gourds, making his fourth and fifth layers of immortality. His sixth layer of immortality came from eating a Ginseng Fruit during his pilgrimage with Tripitaka, as well as reaching the Journey to the West's destination, where they consumed the Buddhist equivalent of the immortality granting foods of the Jade Emperor, which was his seventh layer of immortality. His final layer was given to him when he attained his title of The Victorious Fighting Buddha, making a total of eight layers, much like the Eight Paths of Daoism.
@@thomasecker9405correction! The peaches came before the wine and pills, as he was tasked to oversee a grove of them and his monkey brain just couldn't resist
@@thomasecker9405omg so he's basically just eightuple immortal
@sarad2487 His eight layers of immortality are supposed to allude to the eight chakras of Buddhist teaching and the Eight Paths of Daoism.
@@sarad2487 octuple*
I love how this is so professional and quaint, and then there’s just Overly Sarcastic Productions.
“DiD sOmEoNe SaY IMPULSIVE???”
A man of culture
"Whoa, there must be some kind of mistake. I mean there must be a bunch of other dudes named Sun Wukong, right ?"
@@cgt3704, “yeah right, show me where that’s written down...”
I understood that reference
Sun Wukong in Japanese is Sun Goku. The monkey king tale helped inspire Dragonball. Goku is a "monkey" with a staff and rides a cloud.
And also this sun wukong is as stubborn as goku.He fought the gods
Also: Luffy in One Piece is inspired by Son Goku (and therefore Sun Wukong). Last name is Monkey, and instead of a stretching staff his limbs are able to stretch.
An alternate name is Seiten Taisei
How about the Gensomaden Saiyuki series?
Also the 4 tailed jinjuriki in naruto is named son goku which tailed beast is a gargantuan monkey
Sun Wukong: Powerful monkey that could battle the heavenly gods
Also Sun Wukong: Lets his master Tang Seng get kidnapped by Monsters for 81 times
So true tho...xD
In Wukong's defense, his master Tang Seng was a naive person whose only real powers were that he was a good person and could control Wukong. Tang Seng got himself into all these troubles, and Wukong just had to go rescue him.
FINALLY A NICE ONE! DESERVES A LIKE.
Sun Wukong: I like a challenge
being controled by a small head band
wukong: literally writes himself as unable to die
rest of the underworld: "we could've done that this WHOLE TIME?!?!"
They knew, but they weren't supposed to go against the rules or else they were be punished by the Heaven.
@@barry4989 or, more likely since this never said that happened to sunwaking, its easier said than done to get to the book of life and death.,
Wukong is hilariously powerful. He could do something like this, because literally no one could actually really stop him from doing so. He'd beat them up if they did.
Death lords: What are you? A mortal, a god?
Sun Wukong: I am M O N K E
I absolutely adore the Monkey King myth and I hope people never stop making adaptations of it because they’re a true delight
Same. I just cant get enough of Monkey King, movie, animation, folktales.
Can we just take a minute to appreciate the animations works? It's amazing. As always great job TED-ED!
What software he used for animation
Sun Wukong represents the mind, his triumph over death represents the ability of the mind to transcend death itself.
Evident from all the books we read, the music we hear and the artworks we gaze upon. Though their creators have since long left this world, their legacy remains.
Sun Wukong: *sees his peoples names*
Sun Wukong: yeet
That made me laugh way more harder than it should've .
Escanor Lions sin of pride why did you leave all this spaces for the end of your comment ??????????
“Did somebody say, impulsive?”
i can just hear this
Ohmy- XDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXD
@@rainystormy6128 IKR!!!
Overly sarcastic production
*insert monkey yeeting himself into the waterfall*
A JOURNEY TO THE WEST- an Overly Sarcastic Production production
I have never heard of overly sarcastic production.
@@giantchickenwithhands2915 They are great. Check them out if you have time. They have an entire series on the Journey to the west.
and what is production production??????????????
Parag Dutta Baruah a UA-cam channel check it out the second production is a typo I believe
Parag Dutta Baruah Overly Sarcastic Production is the name of a UA-cam channel bruh
Ted Ed: Talks about Sun Wukong.
Overly Sarcastic Productions:
I am 10 steps ahead of you and you don't even know what game we are playing.
Sun Wu Kong: Listen I can explain
Most gods: You have gained immortality by cultivation, ridding your name from book of mortals, peach of immortality, heavenly wine and pills of longevity? We only have the peaches, the wine and the pills!
Chang'e: You guys have peaches, pills and wine? I only have elixir!
Qin Shi Huang: You guys are immortal?
Laughed so hard, your comment so underrated
Simply perfect.
Qin Shi Huang should have cultivated more.
This is gold. Chang'E do be vibing on the moon tho.
Send a prayer to qin shi wang
missed the part in wich he was already inmortal and was pissed off that his immortality wasen't being respected
*Wukong- Removes a bunch of names from the book of the dead making them immortal.*
*The death Gods who are powerful and can do something to stop him*- Nah
Siri Yadla I mean they could just rewrite their names back onto the scroll. .... but nah to much plot armor has been given to him
By the way Sun Wukong was already immortal at this time
Also, the author of Journey To The West was a staunch Buddhist (seriously, he's as pushy about vegetarianism as a modern day vegan) and most of the stuff involving the celestial bureaucracy is generally taken to be a criticism\satire of Confucianism. That's definitely the case with his depiction of the Heavenly Court in the book, and seems to also apply here. As you say, it's kind of absurd that Wukong can get away with such a simple trick, but the lords of death are hamstrung by their own rule-,making.
the jade emperor tried 3 times to kill him and failed, so he was just like "nope" and forgot about him
@@jasonblalock4429 imagine a medieval scholar written a low-key sarcastic novel to mock the entire China's imperial government and survived. According to some rumors, this book full of mythology and superstitious believes survived the communist cultural purge for this very same reason - criticism to imperial government. Or else they would have get rid of this book already.
I first read this as _"How the _*_Money_*_ king escaped the underworld"_ and thought this was about Jeff Besoz and his origin story
Note to non-Chinese who dont know about this fully: The story of Sun WuKong as well as the Journey to the West is a Chinese novel made during the Ming Dynasty and its not entirely ancient as in the story was spread word by word. Instead it was a story written in paper, and published.
Death Lords: Sun Wu Kong, it's time to die!!
Sun Wu Kong: No, I don't think I will
Death Lords: Are we a joke to you
Sun Wukong: Yes.
Haza
Plot twist, the monkey is actually a butterfly.
I understood that reference.
吴安咏Robbert Care to explain the reference?
A butterfly that dreams of being a monkey? Zhuangzi reference...
I have unsolid theory he might be an alien since death didnt recognize what kind of being he is
He's Goku!
"newfound immortality"
You failed to mention the fact that he was already immortal.
"Did somebody say impulsive?" - one monke boi
Is that an "Overly Sarcastic Productions" reference?
The real question is how was the stone created :)
I've been reading the novel. I think it wasn't some sort of ordinary stone. It was created by the universe itself. The Monkey King was literally created by the Universe.
I am not sure but I think a war occured between the demons and the gods , the gods won but heaven was destroyed , a goddess sacrificed herself to rebuild the heaven and protect it , a part of her formed the stone giving birth to monkey king
ANTROPOMOR------
@@robbert6393 All the other stones are created by the universe too.
Though differing versions of the story vary on why the firmament broke, the story goes like this: For some reason or other, one of the four pillars of heaven collapsed, creating a hole in the firmament from which waters flooded forth. Seeing this, the goddess nuwa created stones from the five elements (Earth, Water, Fire, Wood, Metal), and used them to patch the sky. When the sky was repaired, one of the leftover stones gained sentience and became sun wukong.
Next time on Journey to the West..
The mischievous Monkey King made immortal six ways from Sunday...
@Judah Overstreet I know, but you read it in that "Dragonball Z voice, didn't you?
There is a god similar to him in Hindu Mythology called Lord Hanuman. Maybe both are derived from the same god as lord Hanuman also had superhuman strength and is also immortal. Lord Hanuman also defeated Lord yama and his associates ( Lord of death and underworld) .There might be similarity as both Hindu civilization and Chinese civilization lived practically side by side or there might had been a monkey with great strength
Possibly but this one is a bit of a trickster but Hanuman is supposed to be an epitome of humility
Maybe its a Parallel universe
Hanuman also had a mace which can increase or decrease in size
Hanuman did burn Lanka by tricking Ravana.
@@rahuldey9544 u should know..he threw the immortal soldiers of Ravana(Amar sena) in space with his tail😂😂🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Ted Ed: Talks about Sun Wukong
OSP Fans: I’m four parallel universes ahead of you
wtf is OSP
Six episodes ahead, actually
@Roman J Overly Sarcastic Productions if you are still curious
@@romanj4258 OSP means Overly Sarcastic Production
The people who read the book: too slow
It’s a really long story. I’d say this part is somewhere in the middle. There’s an origin story of how he was born and gain his powers. And the ending part is his journey to the west, which is an entire saga itself.
No this part is the start, and half of the content are false
I'm sure many have come here after yesterday's trailer of wukong
What's wukong? Movie or series?
Nope
@@UncloudyCloud a champion in league of legends
Nope, it was just recommended to me by YT
Now there's a new trailer
Kratos: “could this be... one of my people?”
OSP fans: Hey, I’ve seen this one, this one is a classic!
Ted Ed: what do you mean you’ve seen it? it’s brand new!
Extra Credits fans: Me too!
@@CadetGriffin to this day I still refer to my subs as baby monkey bros.
LittleBigPlanet fans: He's also a costume!
Ni Hao Kai Lan fans: *allow us to introduce ourselves*
DID SOMEBODY SAY IMPULSIVE?
Let us appreciate the fact that they are working hard to keep us entertained during quarantine
WK is the representation of the mind and wisdom of unyielding mortal
The journey to the west was such a childhood memory....
FYI, before the magical staff ( 金箍棒 ) had been transformed and taken, the staff originally a big needle ( 定海神铁 ）isn't measure the depth of the sea but to control the water of the sea so that it wouldn't be a big flood happen.
Last time I was this early, the UK was still part of the EU!
🙄
C Jeez it's just a joke, calm down
Woah... For just a second I thought this was the next video of journey to the west from overly sarcastic productions...
As always the quality is over the top😍
Sun WuKong is practically the definition of my childhood lmao
"Nothing in this world is difficult but thinking makes it seems so" - Wu Cheng'en
The animation and art style is really lovely here! Great inspiration.
I love the tale of The Monkey King! I try to watch every movie and read about his adventures
The death lords: "Is he allowed to do that?"
"Idk man"
"Let's just stand here and do nothing"
Beats being beaten LOL
Wow. Ted what are you doing with these upgrades to your content...WE LOVE IT!!!!!!!!
Im still waiting for red's episode 8 on journey to the west
We all are
same same :(
Same here bro
Same
Quote in the beginning confirmed what I already knew:
THiNkING BAd
I used to watch shows about him as a kid in China, often asking for my grandmother’s stories, this one came up quite a lot
I just love how they do different animations for every single video 😍😍😍
3am youtube recomendations: hOw tHe moNkEy kINg EsCapEd tHe uNdErwOrlD
me: yEaH, wHy nOt
ahaaa looooool im dying ecksdeeee
Exactlyyy lol
@@Erencan-co2nh exactli mi lol mü hahaaaaa
The animation is one of your greatest yet, and beautiful storytelling as well!
I love that ted ed released this. This is awesome.
Sun Wukong hacked the Death Lords' registry & erased his debt. Inspiring!
DID SOMEBODY SAY HIJINX!?!
OSP reference. Oh, Monkey!
OSP! yayy
YASS! Pigsy or Sandy? Choose One.
@@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 pigsy
@@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 Sandy boi 4 life
Ted-ed: talks about the monkey king
Overly sarcastic productions: Laughs in journey to the west series
Stolen comment
@@oplay4funn658 nobody cares
Hey whenever the artist is, this is awesome Shuimo!
As stated in the OSP(Overly Sarcastic Productions) video(And a lot of others), Sun Wukong had a form of immortality from the Taoist sage who trained him before he bashed his way to the ten Death Lords. So, he's doubly immortal when he exits The Underworld.
But in the wise words of Billy Mays: "But wait, there's more."
Dante inferno: can i copy your work?
Monkey King : sure but...
Dante inferno: understood.
Underrated comment of the year
Well you missed the time they were written. Dante's "The Divine Comedy" was written in 14th Century whereas Wu Chengen's "Journey to the West" was written in 16th Century. Besides Monkey King is most probably itself is based upon Hindu monkey god Hanuman.
Where my overly sarcastic productions people at 😂
Right here!
Yo!!!!!!
Ay!
EYYYYYYYY!!!!
Filling the entire comment section because that's what you get when you make a vid already made by Red
Applause for the amazing illustration, love the way Chinese ink painting is used in the animation
Sun Wukong is awesome. This is a beautiful story ❤️
Ted-ed: uploads video about the monkey king
People who watch overly sarcastic productions: I'm seven dimesions ahead of you
People who has watched the TV series or read the orginal books : " I am 14 dimensions ahead of you "
Who is here because they binged all the videos from Overly Sarcastic Productions
Journey to the West is such a charmingly lovely classic
Bravo on the animations once again 10/10 like always
Now he is immortal and we can see him in numerous games.
Sun Wukong was so oblivious and was actually nice until he found out heaven had an entire campaign against him
The translation is just so on point. ‘Legendary troublemaker’ wow😮
I never get tired of this
That is one of the four ways that the monkey king becomes immortal.
Will they ever show Ted?
You know, I'd like to see Ted, when are they going to tell us who he is?
@@tuesdaywithanh T- Technology
E- Entertainment
D- Design
@@kennethliu470 whooooooosh
Sarah Cannon here is a way to show ted get a image of every ted Ed talk host (that are facing forward) and merge them you can split them into the genders to show ted and Theodora.
@@Bluepizza1684 that's an idea smarter than my reply. I applaud your use of your brain. :)
👑🐒 This is the first time, I heard this kinda story of Sun Wukong. The mostly version of story I heard / watched, was the tale of *#JourneyToTheWest* . Where he was accompanied the monk and some several others repentance demons to go to India, and retrieve the Holy Sutra of Buddha.
Yet, this add another story to the whole chapters of Sun Wukong story.
Thank you 💐😊💕
literally God of Highschool's Jin Mori and his iron staff Yeoui HAHAHAHA
I thought he was already immortal prior to learning the way of earthly multitudes. Although he did become immortal like 4 times with the peaches, heaven wine, and immortality pills so maybe I just lost track
@Simz Zxy by eating every god damn item he could, later on the gods try boiling him in a stew using a specific method used to remove immortality and then kill them.
The monkey king was so immortal (having used almost every method of achieving it) that it had no effect.
@Simz Zxy like how Chinese mythologies have different layers of the heaven (33 layers) with each layer harder to breach, immortality also have a bit of a level up and differences. U can have immortality to live forever and did something seriously wrong (in the case of SWK where he wrecked the east sea palace) so have the death enforcers specifically to chase after you. Then you can have immortality without any death enforcers chasing after you, but possible to be killed by another immortal in a fight. Third one (if I ain't wrong) is invulnerability and unable to be killed at all even if you're old af or burn, shocked, beheaded etc. The highest one is omnipotence and complete control, which if I am not wrong only one top tier god (Buddha or HongJun, unclear who) has it.
For those that know about the Dragon Ball series anime, this is what the Goku story is inspired by. Sun Wukong, Son Goku, get it?
Goku had a staff that extended in the early Dragon ball series (and less used later in Dragon Ball Z, GT, Super serious)
Another fun fact, the Japanese name for Sun wukong is 孫悟空, or Songoku. Just add a space and there you go
My mom had told me about that memory erasing soup so long ago. I’m so happy that I finally know where it’s from.
The monkey king was my childhood hero haha all of his legends are really engaging to listen to
What do you call a fight between two ape tribes?
*Guerrilla warfare*
UNDERRATED !!
Lol what a dad joke
*Hood fights
When's the next Journey To The West vid coming out?
Thanks for sharing this story.
I'm from China and well this is a classic story that everyone loves. RIP that TED only tells the starting part of the story...
Everybody: A Journey To The West
Me: Mori Jin, The God of Highschool
Vackop Guy oh, you know that?
Are you Korean?
WAAAHHH FINALLY SOMEONE I COULD RELATE TO
The Monkey King 1 2 3
Vackop Guy i’ve been waiting for this comment 💀😭
Great video! Will take it as an inspiration for my channel with leadership tips for entrepreneurs
this animation style is gorgeous
If there was a UA-cam Page where TEDTalks focused on on myths, lore, and legends, I would watch it all the time!