Week 7 Story: Sinbad the Sailor - The Sixth Voyage

  Sinbad the Sailor: The Sixth Voyage (Story Source)

The past three months have gone by without much going on. This was a peaceful time of rest compared to Sinbad's typical adventures, but that was all about to change.

Sinbad was grateful for this peaceful period of his life, but he needed adventure. Little did he know that his next adventure was right around the corner. 

As Sinbad was walking around the market one day, he overheard talk of a long voyage towards new lands. Sinbad was very intrigued.

He made his way to the docks and found the captain that was to set sail. The captain said he could use more hands on board as long as Sinbad carried his weight. Off they went.

Not long into their voyage, a dark storm arose and their ship had nowhere to go. They were tossed around for days until eventually a large cliff appeared and the ship was dashed against it. 

Sinbad was the only one that was able to scramble onto the rocks and make it to safety. Once he was on the island, he stumbled upon a cave that was filled with diamonds and rubies. Sinbad also found a lot of water and plentiful fruit. He decided that this was a place that he could reside for at least a little while.

A movie cover for the 7th Voyage of Sinbad (Picture Source)

Week 7 Reading: The Monkey King - Part B

 The Monkey King: The Great Saint (Source)

• Sun Wu Kung asks his friends what his title of stablemaster means 
• They said it is not a rank at all and he gets mad because he is a king
• He storms out and gets back to his island Mountain
• His apes asked him what he had been doing and he told them he was in heaven for only 10 days until he was treated badly and came back
• Two horned devils came and and brought him a yellow imperial robe
• They then gave him the title The Great Saint

Sun Wu Kung (Picture Source)

Reading Week 7: The Monkey King Part A -

"The Ape Sun Wu King" in The Chinese Fair Book, by R.Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H Martens (Story Source)

• The apes are aware that they will eventually die off
• An old ape tells a story that whoever obtains a buddha, spirit, or god will live forever
• The king of the apes wants to go find them
• The old ape says they live in caves and holy mountains in the world of mortals
• The king of the apes sets out alone on his quest
• He lands on a shore and tears the clothes off of a fisherman and wandered around the famous spots
• He wandered around for 9 years and found nothing
• He then sets off on the sea again to find the buddhas
• He heard someone singing and went off in the woods to find this lovely voice
• He meets a wood-chopper that had been singing a song taught him by a saint
• The wood-chopper tells the king the way to the saints
• The ape king was led into the cave through the gate
• The saint named him Sun Wu Kung
• The ape king lived there for some six or seven years learning the ways of the saints
• But he had still not put away his wild nature

Sun Wu Kung (Picture Source)