This week, Richard and James explore the heavenly kingdoms of ancient China, meet its ruler the Jade Emperor, and watch as Wukong throws a tantrum worthy of any self-entitled millennial, getting his bosses to give him a job of his own making! (Thankfully, the words "ninja", "rockstar" or "guru" aren't in it.)

Tune in this week to find out how ol' Monkey gets himself a promotion in "Chapter 4: Appointed a BanHorse, could he be content? Named Equal to Heaven, he’s still not appeased!"

This week, Richard and James explore the heavenly kingdoms of ancient China, meet its ruler the Jade Emperor, and watch as Wukong throws a tantrum worthy of any self-entitled millennial, getting his bosses to give him a job of his own making! (Thankfully, the words "ninja", "rockstar" or "guru" aren't in it.) Tune in this week to find out how ol' Monkey gets himself a promotion in "Chapter 4: Appointed a BanHorse, could he be content? Named Equal to Heaven, he’s still not appeased!"

Episode 4: How a Monkey Millennial Gets a Job and a Promotion.

Join us each week as we take listeners through one of China's most beloved novels. Meet Sun Wukong the Monkey King, his Buddhist master, Xuanzhang, the lustful monster Pigsy aka Zhu Bajie, and the reformed sand demon, Sha Wujing, and journey with them to India to acquire invaluable Buddhist scriptures. 

This immortal tale has delighted billions of Asian children yet is relatively unknown here in the west. This podcast aims to change that!

Childhood friends Richard Tseng and James Young will read and review every single chapter of the Anthony C Yu translation of Wu Chen'en's epic book. Along the way, we'll bust myths (did the Sun Wukong really burst out of stone?) examine its impact (Which world-famous animes did this legend inspire?) and learn more about Asian culture and its myths overall (which Indian monkey god inspired our monkey king?) 

So quit monkeying around Subscribe, and let's hit the silk road!

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Join us each week as we take listeners through one of China's most beloved novels. Meet Sun Wukong the Monkey King, his Buddhist master, Xuanzhang, the lustful monster Pigsy aka Zhu Bajie, and the reformed sand demon, Sha Wujing, and journey with them to India to acquire invaluable Buddhist scriptures. This immortal tale has delighted billions of Asian children yet is relatively unknown here in the west. This podcast aims to change that! Childhood friends Richard Tseng and James Young will read and review every single chapter of the Anthony C Yu translation of Wu Chen'en's epic book. Along the way, we'll bust myths (did the Sun Wukong really burst out of stone?) examine its impact (Which world-famous animes did this legend inspire?) and learn more about Asian culture and its myths overall (which Indian monkey god inspired our monkey king?) So quit monkeying around Subscribe, and let's hit the silk road!

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