The Women's Kingdom in the Journey to the West novel is likely to have been inspired be the legend of the Amazons as told by Herodotus. So, this really opens up the possibility of a crossover between Wonder Woman and Sun Wukong.

As an Indian it is really heartwarming to know how much of beliefs and culture we share with China.

Well the reason he didn't go back to Gaochang, was because Gaochang was conquered by Tang in 640AD, when he was still in India Sad

India is a place of knowledge, both spiritual and intellectual. At that time they already have well developed, complex rules of grammar, linguistics and logic. Venerable Master Xuan Tsang uses Sanskrit to wrote those triumphant treaties. He would debate anyone in Sanskrit. A task that is most difficult if not nearly impossible as someone also need to have deep understanding of both schools of Buddhism.

Being from Assam, Huanzang is incredibly important for history of my state. The earliest documented history from my region comes from his writing. Assam's earlier history is still unclear. Most of it is mythical. Also called Hiun Tsang, he had visited Assam as the guest of Bhaskarvarman. It is his writing that gave us a peek into how rich the region was.

Love Chinese people and culture... It was very painful to watch what happened to nalanda and now the Bamiyan Buddha.

“He was like a weeb in outaku heaven” One of my favourite descriptions ever

Xuanzang didn’t forget that 3 year promise, the truth is the king of gaochang was executed by emperor of tang just before xuanzang came back.

My wife and I enjoyed these videos. She grew up on the old Chinese epic series (dubbed in Viet) and loves anything related to the Monkey King. We also joke about how your animated host pretty much looks just like our younger son. Keep up the great work.

this channel should be included as a major part of any history classes in Asian countries. so well done.

Crazy how close China and India are, yet what an epic journey it took for people before planes, widespread commercial seafaring, or jungle roads through Southeast Asia. The two countries are neighbors, yet separated by a humongous mountain range to the southwest, an impenetrable jungle to the south, and thousands of miles of northern deserts, mountains, and steppe country along the Silk Road.

"What about the King of Gaochang? Apparently, Xuanzhang ghosted him." Pain.

Really excellent video about the second half of Xuanzang's journey, full of interesting and little known facts! I am especially fascinated by the fact that some archaeologists used Xuanzang's writings to locate lost artefacts in India. Would you be able to share which source that info came from? Or which sites were excavated using Xuanzang's writings? I would like to research a little deeper on the topic.

All Indians know about Hsuen Tsang or Xuanzang. He is known as a adviser of King Harsha.

Eagerly waiting for the Three Kingdom series! You're easily one of the best chinese history teller in YT. Cool history bro 😎

I love his history. I watched another movie about him. Love from Mongolia 🇲🇳🇲🇳🇲🇳

So Xuanzang pulled a “Mahayana is best, change my mind” stunt.

This was great! I thoroughly enjoyed it!

"He was like a Weeb in Otaku heaven" best description ever.

Hey history bros. Love you video am following you for awhile and havr almost watched all you videos please continue

You really have an awesome channel. Really breaks down the complicated parts into very understandable points. Since it appears to be primarily about Asian...Chinese history, I'm curious how you would narrate/illustrate these complex stories: 1. Spring and Autumn period - from the Quanrong invasion to the Partition of Jin. 2. Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period 3. More stories from the Northern and Southern Dynasties...I know you touched on some but it's really fascinating era. 4. Rise of the Manchus - how Qing Dynasty started 5. More historical Vietnamese stories - also quite complex than people give credit for. 6. More stories from Maritime Southeast Asia like in Philippines/Malaysia/Indonesia, etc.

Thank you very much for your hard work and dedication. Much appreciated 🤠✌

This is such a good channel.

Aaaaaaaaah this was so cooooool!!!!!!!! thank you!!!!!!!

Great video. The novel Journey To The West is not only about Xuan Zhang seeking Buddhist scriptures in India. The author intent was more of a satire about the corrupt society and evil behavior of those in power at that time.

This is one quality video ! Keep up the good work, i'm rooting for more Eastern history, rise and fall of the Song, Jurchen Jin and the famed Iron pagoda cavalry, Great Mongol empire through your narative .

I just found ur channel today, its marvelous for me to study chinese history. Im chinese indonesian,but i know little my ancestral chinese history. Before ur channel, i am a nerd for german history (u know facist, heil thing history, i even join german reenactors for that) But now i want open my mind for new history. Maybe start from my ancestral history, chinese history.

if you ask a kid in India today who is the most important person in Chinese History: Jeckie Chan

The most hilarious part is than Xuanzang may be the reason Wukong is a thing. Xuanzang was one of many monks who went to India and wrote about the local deities at times. I wouldnt be surprised if he talked about the Hindu Monkey God Hanuman. In essence, he came back to China, where the mention of Hanuman probably was the reason why Sun Wukong was associated with Xuanzang. Wukong probably had influence from Hanuman and other Indian Monkeys via Buddhist texts, and from other Chinese Monkeys from folklore from around the place. The character probably culminated in Fujian province, where there were many monkey legends from the Tang Dynasty, and also the fact that there were Indian traders in Quanzhuo,. Also, there were some Shaolin training schools or some mini monasteries in Fujian, which influenced the martial and staff-fighting aspects. There was probably either a mention of Hanuman, a monkey from Buddhist literature, or some other reference that got Sun Wukong added.

Excellent work kudos Cool History Bros

Love your work!

Muslim ruler burn Millions books of Nalanda University -Xuanzang book is source to know Indian History all Indian respect him. - From Canada

Namaste and anneyong hyung,it's very informative video it's very glorious relationship in ancient times ,love from India.

hi, have you guys done any videos on the kingdom of champa yet? i'm cham myself, but raised in the us and i dont see much about my culture, and i'd be interested in learning more if possible :,)

After reading a lot about Monkey King abilities since Black Myth was introduced, I have notice that a lot of Marvel heroes have similar abilities as Monkey King, from flying on a cloud with a red cape to shape-shifting. The thing is that when monkey king use his fiery eyes, he get slightly burn. It look more realistic, but when Cyclop from X-men use his fire beams, it could cut through building and vehicle without burning out his eye balls. Now I know that sounds so bs and unrealistic lol. Speaking of mutants. It's basically other word for demons. Wukong and his companions was demonic that helped human to fight other demons. Then we have the Wukong ride, the flying cicada, a cloud that pretty much function as his personal jet vs Green Goblin in Spiderman, Silver Surfer from the Fantastic Four and the hovering board from Back to the future. Marvel Comics/Founded 1939, New York, NY Journey to the West. Earliest known edition of the book from the 16th century Author Wu Cheng'en Publication date c. 1592 (print) Here are some Wukong cool abilities that I didn't know much about until now. Abilities 72 Bian/"72 Transformations": Allows him to shapeshift into almost any form-however, he is never able to transform his tail. He can also transform each of the 84,000 hairs on his body into another form, animate or inanimate, and often bites the hairs into pieces to create even more copies. Bi Huo Jue/"Fire Avoidance Charm": Allows him to survive fire. Bi Shui Jue/"Water Avoidance Charm": Allows him to survive deep water; however, he is unable to fight while using this ability. Body Freezing Spell: Allows him to immobilize enemies. Huǒyǎn-jīnjīng(火眼金睛)/"fiery-eyes golden-gaze": Allows him to identify evil no matter what form it takes; however, it also causes smoke to sting his eyes. Wùkōng acquired this ability after Lao Tzu traps Wùkōng in his cauldron for 49 days, attempting to distill him as punishment. Jie Suo Fa/"Lock-Breaking Spell": Allows him to point a finger or his staff and open any lock. Jīndǒuyún/"cloud-somersault" or “cloud trapeze”: Allows him to cover 108,000 li (54,000 km, 33,554 mi) in a single leap. Protective Circle: Allows him to erect an impassible barrier by drawing a circle on the ground with his staff. Shen Wai Shen Fa/"Body Outside of Body": Specifically refers to his ability to transform his hairs into fighting clones of himself. Summoning: Allows him to summon local deities. Wind: Allows him to summon strong winds and storms. Wukong Abilities mythology.wikia.org/wiki/Sūn_Wùkōng More about Wukong mythopedia.com/chinese-mythology/gods/sun-wukong/ Journey to the West en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West The writer for Wukong was way ahead of it time. Now I remember Wukong is a stone monkey and he can transformed into one, just the The thing from fantastic four. He can also turn into a giant ape. You can compare that to Ant man, the hulk and Caesar from Planet of the apes for being the first talking monkey. Wolverine has facial feature as Wukong and both able to sniff out their enemy scents. Wukong can control winds and storms, just like Storm from X-men.

As for in terms of cinema, Xuanzang has been the memory of many Vietnamese generations.

Amazing!

He is definitely one of pioneer of Backpacking

13:17 “…the king of Gochang? Apparently Xuanzang ghosted him and never went back to spend that three years he promised.” The TRAVELS OF XUANZANG (629-645 CE) site says this: “Unfortunately however, at Hwo, Xuanzang learnt about the death of the king of Kao-chang and gave up on going there.” Also, Xuanzang was unsure of how he would be received back in China, since he had broken the emperor’s decree in leaving. In Khotan, at the western edge of the Chinese empire, he “sent a messenger to King Taizong to explain on his behalf why he had secretly left the empire and ask for forgiveness for defying the law.” Eight months later, Xuanzang received a reply. Not only had the king forgiven him but he invited him to Chang’an, the capital city, with all the relics and manuscripts he brought from India. Xuanzang received a hero’s welcome on returning to Chang’an, with crowds of Buddhist monks and nuns turning out to greet him, and, of course, an audience with the king.

Best videos ever ❤️

I do not know why despite all of these efforts this channel still is not in 100k, KZfaq is weird

India was known the knowledge

Cool story, bro! 😁 Excellent writing, narration, and production values. It’s great hearing Asian history related to us by someone with your cultural experience and scholarship. For example, as a westerner who hasn’t studied Chinese language, trying to pronounce pinyin is a major fail (while romaji rolls off the western tongue much more naturally), and it’s nice to hear Chinese names and other words properly pronounced in your videos. Sub’d!

It's called Nalanda Mahavihara (The Great monastery of Nalanda) not Nalanda Mahavira (The great hero of Nalanda).

Interesting topic

I want to hear more about Japanese, Koreans, And Mongolians in India too

The Japanese Noh play "prince of Lanling" could be regarded as a reference of Ancient Chinese music at most. Because Noh play had already been Japanized after 1000 years. Nowadays, the researching of Ancient Tang music mostly rely on Xi'an Drum Music.

im a new subscriber to your channel and love your videos

I feel so proud and greatful to this channels as indian thank you

This is wonderful information bro! I like it! It seems the historical Xuanzang was more interesting than the fictional Sanzang. They should made a movie about his adventures.

I absolutely this - will definitely plan a travel over land, tracing the footsteps of Xuan Zang!

Very cool

Before youtube, this is the kind of content that sunk me in endless wikipedia reading

10:37 Well if only the Nicean convention went that way.

As Thais, I have to say that because of him we knew exactly where our city-state Tolopoti /Dvaravati (ทวารวดี) is. It's located in btw old Myanmar and Khmer Kingdoms or current central Thailand - Chaophraya Basin.

Sun wu kong was Chinese version Hanuman indeed

Hi Cool History Bros, please do a history of General Yang and his 7 sons of the Song Dynasty.

There is a Sun Wukong in Marvel Comics, you know... so there might yet be a chance for your wished crossover sometime down the road...

Good video

I’m sure someone else may have already pointed this out but Western woman island may also be Crete as well. Great series, keep up the good work.

There should be an anime of this where Tang Sanzang is the anime protagonist and he has a harem of demons chasing after him. Monkey, Pigsy, and Sandy are there protecting their master from that harem throughout the journey.

Can you make more videos on Chinese accounts of ancient and pre modern India ? For example, it would be interesting to know what Song China thought of the Chola-Srivijaya wars, Ming Chinese accounts of the Vijayanagara Empire and Hussain Shahi dynasty, the Yuan and Delhi Sultanate exchanges as well as the Qing accounts of the Mughal Empire.

Don't worry, according to the law of karma and promise done must be fulfilled, he would have reincarnated in that kingdom to keep that promise.

That's some epic tale lol amazing achievement.

From my room in Bangkok I can see a tall pagoda which is a temple to Guanyin. It's a beautiful place filled with statues, but off the tourist-trekked path. A new monorail line that opened this year which runs near to it, so perhaps that will change.

Are you Chinese?? Your pronunciation of English and Hindi is so perfect

1 buddhist weeb vs 3000 ancient buddhist monk, who will win? 😂

King of Gaochang had already died 3 years before Xuanzang coming back to Changan. On learning this sad news, Xuanzang decided to go by a roundabout route to avoid Gaochang on his way back to Changan.

Great video! What language did Xuanzang use to communicate with people in India and central Asia? Assuming they could not speak Chinese.

Wonder Woman meets Sun Wukong, eh? Cool call. I would definitely pay to see it.

Very good

Cool History Bros, your Chinese pronounciation were perfect, are you Chinese?

Diana Prince meets Wukong. Now that is a film worth watching.

the xuan zhang movie is really good you should watch it.

Nice

Hahaha, the Wonder Woman and Sun Wukong crossover got me.

UK: why we didn't know there's a priceless scriptures in lndia..so wasted....🤔

What's the best English translation of a Journey to the West? I mainly heard of 2, Arthur Waley and Anthony Wu.

there is some problems in 7:23, 1-Babylon did not exist in that time really at least officially 2-Babylon is in southern to middle Iraq where you did show is Azerbaijan and Armenia and in that time middle Caucasia was indeed the kingdom of Armenia 3-Babylon is in west but he said Folin is in northwest I believe, so he means somewhere in Caucasia and it is really acceptable too because of what you said about Themyscira which was in west of Armenia

인도 도착하고 끝인줄 알았는데 인도에서의 여행은 진짜 처음 알았다ㄷㄷ 왜 인도 얘기는 안알려졌을까..

Indian here. The names Hindu India Sindh all comes from the name Sindhu. Sindhu is the Indian name of the river Indus. India was first used by the Greeks of Alexander, meaning country of the Indus. Hindu was the name given to the religion practiced by the people of Indus. People of India called the country Bharat and the religion Sanatan Dharma as mentioned by you. A video on the spread of Buddhism & martial arts from India to China would be great. Thanks.

I'm intrigued by where you came from? I'm trying to guess your escent. You mind letting us know?

A Video about the Romane of the three Kingdom World be interesting.

Major cross-over eh？ fascinating

Proud to be Indian

Top 10 Anime betrayals: Xuanzang

You mean Romance of the Three Kingdoms isnt just a video game? I'll show myself out :P

for a Wonder Woman/Sun Wukong crossover, DC would start with the comic series before the DC cinematic treatment.

Is there a reason why Japanese do the prince lanling ritual thing? How was him connected to Japan?

Again San Zang use his persuasive words to turn the tide more than once

What a brilliant video. I specially appreciate the effort on your part to look into India's name and teachings as referred to by indians.

Interesting. After I heard you talked about Xuan Zhang was a consultant for Emperor Taizong for something. I wonder what's that? Is it something I heard from Ms.Zhao's channel? She was talking about Emperor Taizong experienced traveling into the underworld that could have been the reason why he encouraged Xuan Zhang to traveled to Nalanda university in ancient India. How did emperor Taizong travel to the underworld then came back to the empire? It'd also be very interesting but not surprising. I bet. Lots of people in that period of time could do such a thing and Emperor Taizong. He was the one with the great knowledge other than his ability to dealed with empire administration and warfare. He had that one great knowledge. I guess. As same as you mentioned about Silabadra at Nalanda university. How can he know beforehand there would be Chinese Buddhist monk came to study Buddhist manuscript then take some of them back to ancient china? I'd say. Silabadra couldn't wait for someone if he hadn't known beforehand. Could he? Big fan of your work here.

One thing I’ve been wondering for a long time is that how xuanzang learned those languages such that he can even debate with native speakers.

Where do you come from? I love your accent. The way you pronounce Chinese words is really accurate and even made me think you were Chinese. Your videos are really interesting, they offer such a deep insight. As a Chinese, I think this is one of the best channels to learn Chinese history. Congratulations!!

can we expect a video on Faxian ?

Does anyone know what language did hsuen tsang use when he travel to India... chinese, indian, persian or body language?

Will u cover India history as well?.....

“人和妖生的就不叫妖了，是人妖” just for laugh

I wonder how did they communicate back then

Wow, I didn't know that Tang Sanzang was a fictional character!!! Always believed he was real lol