Martial Arts 7 Journey to the West
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Summary: This video is around 52 minutes. It introduces Xuanzang’s pilgrimage, literary and cultural sources of The Journey to the West, and then the novel itself with a focus on the Monkey King’s (Sun Wukong) story (Cha1-7). Towards the end it includes a discussion of the theme of the heart-mind and emptiness in the novel, and finally a brief overview of modern adaptations of the novel.
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Intro: (0:20) Xuanzang’s background and journey; (4:00) return and translations / Heart Sutra; (6:00) writings about the pilgrimage; (7:00) folk traditions; monkey character; (9:40) origin of the monkey? / (10:40) authorship and context / three teachings
The novel: (12:25) the monkey in the novel; (13:10) Monkey’s birth /mythological significance; (15:00) heavenly court; political allegory?; (18:00) king of monkeys/ quest for immortality (Buddhist and Daoist connotations); (21:00) found his master; “heart” cave; the name Sun Wukong and its meanings; (23:20) magical skills; going home; search for a weapon (the staff from the dragon palace); (26:20) the underworld; (27:20) heavenly position / stable keeper; (28:50) “Great Sage Equal to Heaven” / Immortal Peach Party; (30:50) war against heaven; (32:20) the Buddha; Five Phase Mountain; (34:20) the monk; (35:40) hoop-tightening mantra; (36:40) other disciples; the pig; (37:45) 81 trials; completion of the pilgrimage
Interpretations: (38:30) allegorical readings / three teachings and theme of cultivation; (40:00) the pilgrims as five elements; (40:30) unstable moral/religious authority / animated film “Havoc in Heaven”; (41:30) the monk’s misjudgments / corrupt religious figures; (43:25) empty scriptures; (44:50) Chan Buddhism; change as emptiness; (46:00) the heart-mind and the monkey; (47:10) meaning of Wukong (understanding emptiness); (48:00) Heart Sutra: “emptiness is form”; (49:00) humor and comedy; (50:00) adaptations (China, Japan, the West, Asian American); conclusion |
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