The Chinese Fairy Book, ed. by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens (1921).
Thousand Mile-Eye and Fine-Ear are certainly interesting names.
That was a little rude of the Handsome Monkey King to beat up and rob the first human he ever saw. At least he learned how to conduct himself over the span of nine years.
This painting just feels right (Source)
Ha. After discerning a great truth, Sun Wu Kung begins jerking around. That's a funny word to use.
Is it Baptists who don't like dancing? This reminds me of that. King David danced and worshiped like a wild man once. I can't remember the reason now.
That's pretty cool that the master is telling Sun all about the different way to reach holiness. I learned about many of these ways in a religion class. They're the different schools of faith within Buddhism.
Goku could only fly on a nimbus cloud originally. Then he learned to fly all by himself. Maybe Sun Wu Kong will also overcome his current limitation. Yep. The very next story has him learning a better way.
Dang what a sad ending with the master. Goku has a monkey mind, too.
Thievery and deception aren't too nice. Sun Wu Kang seems to play by rules of his own making. 77,000 monkeys. Is the number seven holy in all cultures?
He didn't treat the Dragon-King very well. I suppose a person who goes to war with heaven has to be a little evil.
Sun Wu Kung is a little crazy, but he is likeable. I don't know where I would go with a story about him right now. Maybe I could just take the chance to write some Dragon Ball fanfiction. That's a little embarrassing, though.
Maybe it would be cool to have the Monkey King fight Goku. Perhaps they would be friends because they have similar personalities and a desire to whip the strongest opponents. I'm not for sure on Sun liking that. I'll need more context from the next part tomorrow.
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