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#  The Monkey King (Journey to the West)

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Sun Wukong (the Monkey King) is a born from a stone egg on Flower Fruit Mountain. He seeks immortality and invincible  strength in battle. Soon the Jade Emperor in Heaven hears about all the trouble is creating on Earth and decides to give him a job to keep him an eye on him . The Monkey King is the hero (perhaps anti-hero) of China's epic Journey to the West written in the 16th Century. Read byWe are partly publishing this to fill a gap in our Chinse Years of the Animals Cycle (hence the mention to people born in the Year of the Monkey).

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Season 0 / Episode 21 Apr English United Kingdom Arts · Kids & Family

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