Journey to the West: The Monkey King · chapter 12 of 25
The Dragon King's Treasure
龙王的宝贝
Old Sun needs a weapon worthy of him. Under the iron bridge, the water leads all the way down to a very nervous neighbor.
Read what you hear
- Sun Wukong 孩儿们，都过来！老孙这几天在想：如果有别的大王来打花果山，你们拿什么打？
Hái'érmen, dōu guòlai! Lǎo Sūn zhè jǐ tiān zài xiǎng: rúguǒ yǒu bié de dàwáng lái dǎ Huāguǒ Shān, nǐmen ná shénme dǎ?
Children, gather round! Old Sun has been thinking these past few days: if some other king attacks Flower Fruit Mountain, what will you fight with?
- Old Monkey 大王说得对。我们手上，什么武器也没有。
Dàwáng shuō de duì. Wǒmen shǒu shang, shénme wǔqì yě méiyǒu.
Your Majesty is right. We haven't got a single weapon.
- Old Monkey 东边二百里，海的那边，有一个傲来国。那儿的武器很多很多！
Dōngbian èrbǎi lǐ, hǎi de nàbian, yǒu yí gè Àolái Guó. Nàr de wǔqì hěn duō hěn duō!
Two hundred li to the east, across the sea, there's a kingdom called Aolai. They have lots and lots of weapons!
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- Narrator 悟空飞到傲来国，吹起了大风。人都跑回了家。
Wùkōng fēi dào Àolái Guó, chuī qǐ le dà fēng. Rén dōu pǎo huí le jiā.
Wukong flew to Aolai and blew up a great wind. All the people ran home.
- Narrator 他的毛变成了很多小小的猴子，把那儿的武器都拿回了花果山。
Tā de máo biànchéng le hěn duō xiǎoxiǎo de hóuzi, bǎ nàr de wǔqì dōu ná huí le Huāguǒ Shān.
His hairs turned into crowds of tiny monkeys, and they carried the weapons back to Flower Fruit Mountain.
- Sun Wukong 孩儿们都有武器了。可是老孙这把刀，太轻了，不好用！
Hái'érmen dōu yǒu wǔqì le. Kěshì Lǎo Sūn zhè bǎ dāo, tài qīng le, bù hǎo yòng!
The children all have weapons now. But this sword of Old Sun's is too light. It's no good!
- Old Monkey 大王，瀑布后边，铁桥下边的水，一直流到东海的龙宫。龙王的宝贝，一定很多！
Dàwáng, pùbù hòubian, tiěqiáo xiàbian de shuǐ, yìzhí liú dào Dōng Hǎi de lónggōng. Lóngwáng de bǎobèi, yídìng hěn duō!
Your Majesty, the water under our iron bridge, behind the waterfall, runs all the way to the Dragon Palace of the Eastern Sea. The Dragon King must have plenty of treasures!
- Sun Wukong 原来龙王是老孙的邻居！好，老孙去看看邻居！
Yuánlái Lóngwáng shì Lǎo Sūn de línjū! Hǎo, Lǎo Sūn qù kànkan línjū!
So the Dragon King is Old Sun's neighbor! Good, Old Sun will go and visit his neighbor!
- Narrator 悟空跳到铁桥下边的水里。水一下分开了，他走到了龙宫。
Wùkōng tiào dào tiěqiáo xiàbian de shuǐ li. Shuǐ yíxià fēnkāi le, tā zǒu dào le lónggōng.
Wukong jumped into the water under the iron bridge. The water parted, and he walked down to the Dragon Palace.
- Dragon King of the Eastern Sea 什么人？敢来我的龙宫！
Shénme rén? Gǎn lái wǒ de lónggōng!
Who goes there? How dare you come into my palace!
- Sun Wukong 老孙是花果山的孙悟空，你的邻居！
Lǎo Sūn shì Huāguǒ Shān de Sūn Wùkōng, nǐ de línjū!
Old Sun is Sun Wukong of Flower Fruit Mountain. Your neighbor!
- Dragon King of the Eastern Sea 邻居？……上仙请坐，请喝茶。
Línjū? … Shàngxiān qǐng zuò, qǐng hē chá.
Neighbor? …Immortal, please have a seat. Have some tea.
- Sun Wukong 茶就不喝了。邻居家里宝贝多，送老孙一件武器吧！
Chá jiù bù hē le. Línjū jiāli bǎobèi duō, sòng Lǎo Sūn yí jiàn wǔqì ba!
Never mind the tea. My neighbor has plenty of treasures, so give Old Sun a weapon!
- Dragon King of the Eastern Sea 好，好！这把大刀……
Hǎo, hǎo! Zhè bǎ dàdāo…
Of course, of course! This great sword…
- Sun Wukong 大刀？老孙不用刀！
Dàdāo? Lǎo Sūn bú yòng dāo!
A sword? Old Sun doesn't use swords!
- Dragon King of the Eastern Sea 那……这一件，三千六百斤！
Nà… zhè yí jiàn, sānqiān liùbǎi jīn!
Then… this one. Three thousand six hundred jin!
- Sun Wukong 轻！轻！轻！
Qīng! Qīng! Qīng!
Light! Light! Light!
- Dragon King of the Eastern Sea 这一件，七千二百斤！
Zhè yí jiàn, qīqiān èrbǎi jīn!
This one, then. Seven thousand two hundred jin!
- Sun Wukong 还是轻！
Háishi qīng!
Still light!
- Dragon King of the Eastern Sea 这……这是我这儿最重的了！没……没有了！
Zhè… zhè shì wǒ zhèr zuì zhòng de le! Méi… méiyǒu le!
Th… this is the heaviest thing I've got! There's… there's nothing else!
- Sun Wukong 哪有龙王没有宝贝的？你再找找！
Nǎ yǒu Lóngwáng méiyǒu bǎobèi de? Nǐ zài zhǎozhao!
Whoever heard of a Dragon King with no treasure? Go and look again!
- Dragon King of the Eastern Sea 上仙……我太太说，我们龙宫里有一块大铁，这几天天天发金光。
Shàngxiān… wǒ tàitai shuō, wǒmen lónggōng li yǒu yí kuài dà tiě, zhè jǐ tiān tiāntiān fā jīnguāng.
Immortal… my wife says there's a great lump of iron here in our palace. For days now, it has been shining with golden light.
- Dragon King of the Eastern Sea 很久以前，大禹用它来量大海。现在，谁也拿不动！
Hěn jiǔ yǐqián, Dà Yǔ yòng tā lái liáng dàhǎi. Xiànzài, shéi yě ná bu dòng!
Long ago, Yu the Great used it to measure the sea. Now nobody can lift it!
- Sun Wukong 拿不动？带老孙去看看！
Ná bu dòng? Dài Lǎo Sūn qù kànkan!
Nobody can lift it? Take Old Sun to see it!
- Sun Wukong 好亮的金光！一块大黑铁，两丈多长！
Hǎo liàng de jīnguāng! Yí kuài dà hēi tiě, liǎng zhàng duō cháng!
What a golden glow! A great black iron bar, more than two zhang long!
- Sun Wukong 太大了！太长了！小一点儿！
Tài dà le! Tài cháng le! Xiǎo yìdiǎnr!
Too big! Too long! Get smaller!
- Dragon King of the Eastern Sea 它……它真的小了！
Tā… tā zhēn de xiǎo le!
It… it really is getting smaller!
- Sun Wukong 再小一点儿！……两头是金的，上边有字：如意金箍棒，一万三千五百斤！
Zài xiǎo yìdiǎnr! … Liǎngtóu shì jīn de, shàngbian yǒu zì: rúyì jīn gū bàng, yíwàn sānqiān wǔbǎi jīn!
Smaller still! …Gold at both ends, and words on it: As-You-Wish Golden-Hoop Staff, thirteen thousand five hundred jin!
- Sun Wukong 如意，如意……它听老孙的话！好宝贝！
Rúyì, rúyì… tā tīng Lǎo Sūn de huà! Hǎo bǎobèi!
As you wish, as you wish… it does whatever Old Sun says! What a treasure!
- Dragon King of the Eastern Sea 别打了，上仙！我的龙宫！
Bié dǎ le, shàngxiān! Wǒ de lónggōng!
Stop swinging it! Immortal, my palace!
- Sun Wukong 龙王，再送老孙一身好衣服吧！
Lóngwáng, zài sòng Lǎo Sūn yì shēn hǎo yīfu ba!
Dragon King, give Old Sun a fine set of clothes to go with it!
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What changed in the story?
- Where do the monkeys' new weapons come from?
“悟空飞到傲来国”……“把那儿的武器都拿回了花果山”
- Why does Wukong call the Dragon King his neighbor?
“铁桥下边的水，一直流到东海的龙宫”……“原来龙王是老孙的邻居”
- What does Wukong say about the weapon that weighs three thousand six hundred jin?
“三千六百斤”……“轻！轻！轻！”
- Who tells the Dragon King about the glowing iron?
“我太太说，我们龙宫里有一块大铁，这几天天天发金光”
- What happens when Wukong tells the iron to get smaller?
“它真的小了”