Yellowbrow makes me think of a youtuber driving a luxury car full of PS5s into a poor neighborhood and leaving it overnight with a camera pointed at it from the bushes for a rage-bait video. But the people of the neighborhood are actually good and nothing happens to the car. So Yellowbrow has to hire a crackhead to go and break the car's window and steal one of the PS5s, and due to the "broken window effect", other people slowly start stealing too and by the next morning all PS5s are gone and the car is completely vandalized with the wheels stolen and the leather interior stripped. Then Yellowbrow who has been watching from the bushes just jumps out with glee going "SEE?! I TOLD YOU CRIME IS OUT OF CONTROL!"
If you think humanity is greedy than you already fall into Yellowbrow's trap. Yellowbrow is innately greedy so he wants to justify his greed by proving that all humans are inherently greedy like him too. If you watch the last part where he showed his intention to purposely reincarnate himself into that monster that can produce unlimited pearls, gave them fishes but destroyed their boats so the village completely depended on him, then controlled that one guy to stab him to spark the frenzy for the whole village you would understand what his real intention is. 4:25 He even said it "If not for winning, why debate over means and ends?"
That is a good observation but yellowbrow is not merely greed itself but pride. He perverted the entire teaching of buddha into the opposite version towards what he thinks would achieve enlightenment. His four disciples are the direct opposite of the four disciples of tang monk (wu kong vs non void, wu neng/bajie vs non-able, wu jing vs non-pure and white dragon prince/his white horse vs non white). In this end scene, he twisted the concept of cause and effect by becoming the cause without realizing it. Initially, the people did not kill him for his body parts but instead worshipped him and even came up with a system to distribute the wealth which isn't what he wanted. So he became the trigger to cause everyone to succumb to their inner dark desires.
@@sunbin2 You are right, I am aware of this too, but will be too much to write all of this to the Western audience. Too much to digest and too also hard to express in English especially if they don't watch/read Journey to the West and understand Buddhism/Daoism concepts. But I hope slowly people can understand it deeper which makes the story even more chef's kiss.
It is unfortunate that those not familiar with it will miss out on the deeper meaning of the story. It is actually very deep. A lot merely noticed the surface level meaning of the story. But that is mainly because for streamers, it is not as enjoyable to watch someone read each journal entry of the monsters during a livestream. So they tend to skip it and miss out on the background events after wukong died leading to the story. Each chapter also express a main theme about an aspect of wukong himself which is only directly mentioned before final boss fight. When I rewatch everything afterwards, I can't help but admire it.
That's what I want to tell to some comments that declare humanity are evil. But I realized the moral of the story is that arguments are pointless if the people set their minds. So I stop it and go touch grass.
If you love chapter 3 animation you will love the rest of the chapters even more. But you will love it on another level once you finished True Ending and understand the whole thing. Many things are not as they seem to be. After you finished with true ending someday, I recommend you watch an ending explanation video either from MadLuigi or Stories with Cookie to get an understanding of the whole picture, what Wukong is really trying to do.
Jinchanzi believes that human goodness and evil lie in how to guide them, because goodness and evil often lie in one's thoughts. On the road of life, it is inevitable to go astray due to momentary greed or evil thoughts, so how to guide them is the key. Yellowbrow, on the other hand, believes that human nature is inherently evil. To prove this, he intentionally leads humanity down the path of evil and greed, which is called putting the cart before the horse. He only wants to win, not really want to communicate with Jinchanzi.
In nature, human doesn’t born with inherited good or bad. The fundamental core value for all human or living things is the strong deep identification of self identity which evolve to become strong self preservation (survival). When human think that collective self identity preservation (group interest) is better and more reliable compared to just purely focus on self preservation (self survival ). Then moral conducts and regulations are introduced. That’s how good and bad is introduced. To my understanding any action/values that bring out the most benefits coverage to both human and the earth in long run survival with minimal adverse side effect is considered good. Anything that just limited to very narrow coverage of certain group of people in expense of bringing adverse effect to majority or earth or short term gain is not sustainable and so it so called bad.
@@TomLostWaveexactly, greedy is just the surface if you play the game Yellowbrow is constantly alluring you to keep killing more to prove you’re also bad inherently
Four interesting details are displayed in the animation: My perception: - The young man who started the chaos of killing the avatar (which is the elephant-like creature that might be considered as a mythological creature called Shi Meng Mo (食梦貘 - a mythical creature who consumes dreams) in ancient Chinese text ShanHai Scrolls) of Yellow Brow, he was actually tempted to do such thing to spread increase desires in people's mind according to the scene when the young man is given an upward camera shot showing his clothe being held up by an unseen force with a not-to-easy to discover quote “Guo Lai~!" which means come here (过来). However, the young man seems to have been planning to commit a robbery by already hiding a knife. - The hand gesture (mudra) that Yellow Brow's avatar displays to the peoples who watches him perhaps curiously on the first formal meeting on the beach and before the scene of curing the sick children is the Sharanagamana Mudra (皈依印). It represents the "three treasures" of Buddhism which I will further explain below, also represents taking refuge with union of method and wisdom (summary: a gesture of conversion to Buddhism). This further tells that from now on the people will be his followers and the religion has formed. Perception from other people: - The 3 seagulls standing on YellowBrow's arm that appeared at the start of the animation might represent the "Three Treasures" of Buddhism (三宝 San Bao in Chinese), they are the core of Buddhism the religion itself. The 3 "treasures" are 1.) 佛 - Buddha (who is the leader and teacher of Buddhism), 2.) 法 - I considered it as creeds, protocols, rules and Dharma, and 3.) 僧 - the students or followers of Buddhism. In the end, only 2 seagulls remain standing on the broken YellowBrow avatar's shoulder, which further proves that the guess was right since the believers and monks (僧) have either gone or are dead. - The starting scene was a metaphor for many Buddhas who were thinking the same thing as Yellow Brow and are supporters and observers towards his experiment on humanity (that humanity is evil). The scene where Yellow Brow's avatar is falling shows the cloud with many shapes of the buddhas. Furthermore, there is a scene when Yellow Brow avatar's palm faces towards the sky with another pair of "palm" formed by the clouds showing an abhaya mudra (mudra is hand gestures, abhaya mudra is the gesture represents protection and fearless) and also a following a common gestures the Anjali mudra with the palm of cloud and the palm of Yellow Brow's avatar nearly touching. At the end of the insanely night, it is given a Zoom out and bird-eye view shot to tell us that we are watching through the eyes of the Buddhas.
The cutscene is just a cutscene. You may derive thousands conclusions out of it. Eventually it depends on you which value you want to believe in. And this belief will become something root that influences your whole life. So, just be cautious on what you choose to believe in.
those people had been indeed patient, grateful, and not greedy. the order had been kept even with that huge treasure box in front of them. For not losing Yellowbrow cheated by making the people dependent. he destroyed the fisher mens boots and cut of their source of living. lastly triggering the attack with magic.
I feel everyone missed Yellowbrow's point with that last sentence. "If not for winning, why debate over means and ends?" Jinchanzi (the good guy) was also doing the same thing Yellowbrow did: trying to win and prove himself right by calling Yellowbrow's methods fucked up. He's not wrong about Yellowbrow's intentions, but he inadvertently also proved Yellowbrow's point: ultimately, everyone wants to be proven right and win. Edit: the less civilized ones in the replies getting mad at me for pointing out how Yellowbrow exposed their nature and stung them lmao
Yes, he's right about that, but the main of the debate between Yellowbrow and Jinchanzi was whether all humans are inherently (by nature) greedy or not. Yellowbrow altered the people psychology which could imply that what caused greed in a human is not necessarily their own nature but there could be environmental factors. So, Jinchanzi pointed out that all attempts that involve interferences yield inconclusive results. If all humans were greedy by nature, then we can argue that the Yellowbrow (monster form) would've already been killed when it was caught by the fishermen. But that example didn't show it was the case. Another relevant question would be to look at whether most people are greedy by nature or not.
@@somewhatblankpaper1423 absolutely true. But you can also take the viewpoint that the only reason he survived as long as he did in the monster form was because he was of use to them, which shows their inherent greed. And if you think about it further, all Yellowbrow did was nudge them in the direction they went in. Free will is still a thing right? So even if that one guy got hypnotized into attacking Yellowbrow, the others could have refrained and protected him instead like they did before. You can see what I'm talking about in those brief flashes amidst the chaos where the guards and monks are opposing and trying to stop the villagers from losing their shit. This is a very nuanced story and I fucking LOVE it🗿
@@advocate_of_HAKAI but the relationship between him and the people was mutually beneficial: he originally showed them a small presentation of what his body and powers could offer to the people and yet they didn’t just up and tear him to shreds. They gave him offerings, worshipped him, attended him, etc; and in return he granted them gifts and miracles with everyone being happy and content with this relationship with no sign of “natural greed” in sight. That only changed when one man (who probably wasn’t a local) was tempted to indulge in the greed that had consumed him with everyone else following suit, this however I still believe doesn’t prove Yellowbrow’s point about humans’ “inherent greed” though since there were several factors that were at play (most through his manipulation) before they’ve descended into their greedy impulses. It’s an interesting story and debate.
@@advocate_of_HAKAIHonestly yellobrow committed some logical fallacies at the end there. He said that if not because of winning, why debate over means and ends? By doing so he directly attacked jichanzi's motive for pointing out his wrongful conducts while glossing over the fact that while jichanzi might have pointed out yellowbrow's twisted methods to win it still doesnt make yellowbrow actions any less wrong. He debated about the inferiority of men because of their avarice and yet in a desire to win he twisted the results to support his points, thats human's behaviors. The traits that yellowbrow so readily condemned men for are also presented in him, if thats the case what makes human inferior and him their superior?
@@thatlazyguy588 exactly my point, and that's why I love this story so much. It's showing that whole "nobody is completely faultless or faulty" perspective in a much more refined and realistic way than these wokies these days are trying and failing so pathetically to do. Yes, Yellowbrow is an asshole too, there's no denying it. He's absolutely wrong in his motivations and methods. BUT like I mentioned to the other user in my reply, you have to appreciate the fact that Jinchanzi's mere act of pointing out his flaws and saying they're wrong can be construed to mean Jinchanzi thinks he's right (which we wouldn't be denying anyway). Nor can we ignore the fact that despite Yellowbrow's messed up methods, he did prove his hypothesis that humans are inherently greedy and weak, because as I mentioned in my other reply, he only hypnotized that one dude in his monster form, not the whole village. You can see that from the reactions of the guards and the monks. So yes, Yellowbrow is absolutely wrong in that he was intentionally the catalyst that brought out the worst in those people, and therefore he's no better than them. BUT, isn't Jinchanzi also attempting to hide atleast a modicum of self-importance behind a thin veil of righteousness when he points out Yellowbrow's flaws? Just another perspective to think about.
At the end of the first chapter, Guanyin said, if everyone wears a cassock and people have no suffering, how can I show that I am a saint and my greatness? How can I make others kneel down to worship me? Mortals will only pray to gods when they are poor and miserable. The gods will choose an example to help them turn over and live a good life. Only then will people be willing to dedicate the money they have earned from their hard work to the gods. These gods do nothing and will starve to death without believers. So in the eyes of the gods, Jin Chanzi is wrong. Jin Chanzi wants everyone to be rich in material and spirit, everyone is equal, and everyone is a god. This hurts the interests of the gods, so he was cast down to the mortal world and became a mortal, that is, Tang Sanzang. In the eyes of the gods, Huang Mei is right. He built a palace, pretended to be profound, and reflected his greatness to deceive people and collect believers. The gods also did this. Only by doing this can the authority of the gods be reflected and the greatness of the gods be reflected. But Huang Mei wanted to go out on his own and start his own business to replace the gods. This also hurt the interests of the gods, so he deserved to die. Huang Mei is a smart guy and Jin Chanzi is a fool. In the real world, people like Huang Mei are more likely to succeed. This is reality. This game is very ironic and profound.
04:15 When JinChan Zi spread the dust, all he can see is the gold. Because he always can see the good side of a person(gold in the sand). But HuangMei is oppsite, HuangMei try to make people crazy and think all people are bad from beginning.
1:12, what's the catch? Notice the ship that got swept away by the typhoon he created to give the fishes? Yellowbrows don't care about people, he's doing all these charity for another purpose.
@@anniemeridian270 someone in the comment made a good allegory called "Broken car window effect" made deliberately by a youtuber in a poor neighbourhood for clout chasing
In nature, human doesn’t born with inherited good or bad. The fundamental core value for all human or living things is the strong deep identification of self identity which evolve to become strong self preservation (survival). When human think that collective self identity preservation (group interest) is better and more reliable compared to just purely focus on self preservation (self survival ). Then moral conducts and regulations are introduced. That’s how good and bad is introduced. To my understanding any action/values that bring out the most benefits coverage to both human and the earth in long run survival with minimal adverse side effect is considered good. Anything that just limited to very narrow coverage of certain group of people in expense of bringing adverse effect to majority or earth or short term gain is not sustainable and so it so called bad.
In Buddhist teaching, in order to break free, you need to break free the deepest and root of the self identification values. This means you are beyond good and bad. Good and bad is still not the core of existence. Only break free of self identification, then naturally, you will not tend to seek for holding self identification which is reincarnation itself. Once you think something is good or bad. You tends to have emotional attached to it and it lead you to reborn and seek for good or revenge for bad.
That’s the reason the Buddha teaches non self, non permanent and nirvana. Nirvana is the end of suffering or break free from suffering (endless reincarnation)
capitalism logic is rewarding all to yellowbrows because he is smart. But one day, poor people found he is nothing, but good at exploiting the workers, this system will collapse instantly.
Fat Yellow Hair loves winning so he doctored the data to win against sleepy Jin, who were trying to act as progressive as he can. We all love to support Jin since he sounds more caring. Jin later seeked help from the Indian to save his people from ignorance and greed. Along the way he made good uses of competent people like Wukong(and his brothers) for all the heavy lifting. The rest is reality.
Why are there more and more monsters in the direction of Buddha in Journey to the West, but there are few monsters in the Tang Dynasty, the starting point?
At the end of the first chapter, Guanyin said, if everyone wears a cassock and people have no suffering, how can I show that I am a saint and my greatness? How can I make others kneel down to worship me? Mortals will only pray to gods when they are poor and miserable. The gods will choose an example to help them turn over and live a good life. Only then will people be willing to dedicate the money they have earned from their hard work to the gods. These gods do nothing and will starve to death without believers. So in the eyes of the gods, Jin Chanzi is wrong. Jin Chanzi wants everyone to be rich in material and spirit, everyone is equal, and everyone is a god. This hurts the interests of the gods, so he was cast down to the mortal world and became a mortal, that is, Tang Sanzang. In the eyes of the gods, Huang Mei is right. He built a palace, pretended to be profound, and reflected his greatness to deceive people and collect believers. The gods also did this. Only by doing this can the authority of the gods be reflected and the greatness of the gods be reflected. But Huang Mei wanted to go out on his own and start his own business to replace the gods. This also hurt the interests of the gods, so he deserved to die. Huang Mei is a smart guy and Jin Chanzi is a fool. In the real world, people like Huang Mei are more likely to succeed. This is reality. This game is very ironic and profound.
Yes, you are right. But Huang Mei and Jin Chanzi are not fools. They both understand how the world works. Behind the story is asking you which side to choose? Huang Mei's actions have been proven wrong countless times in human history, and will eventually lead to people's revolutions or wars again and again. In a pyramid-shaped social structure, when 1% of the upper class controls more than half of the resources, one day a slight push of human desire will set the prairie fire on fire, and eventually Babylon will fall.
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Yellowbrow makes me think of a youtuber driving a luxury car full of PS5s into a poor neighborhood and leaving it overnight with a camera pointed at it from the bushes for a rage-bait video. But the people of the neighborhood are actually good and nothing happens to the car. So Yellowbrow has to hire a crackhead to go and break the car's window and steal one of the PS5s, and due to the "broken window effect", other people slowly start stealing too and by the next morning all PS5s are gone and the car is completely vandalized with the wheels stolen and the leather interior stripped. Then Yellowbrow who has been watching from the bushes just jumps out with glee going "SEE?! I TOLD YOU CRIME IS OUT OF CONTROL!"
Best explanation ever😅
Tripitaka: Dude, you just hired some crackhead to break your own car. Is this excessive just to prove your point on Twitter?
@@ZetsubouGintama elon musk
You got point.
Exactly
If you think humanity is greedy than you already fall into Yellowbrow's trap. Yellowbrow is innately greedy so he wants to justify his greed by proving that all humans are inherently greedy like him too. If you watch the last part where he showed his intention to purposely reincarnate himself into that monster that can produce unlimited pearls, gave them fishes but destroyed their boats so the village completely depended on him, then controlled that one guy to stab him to spark the frenzy for the whole village you would understand what his real intention is. 4:25 He even said it "If not for winning, why debate over means and ends?"
That is a good observation but yellowbrow is not merely greed itself but pride. He perverted the entire teaching of buddha into the opposite version towards what he thinks would achieve enlightenment. His four disciples are the direct opposite of the four disciples of tang monk (wu kong vs non void, wu neng/bajie vs non-able, wu jing vs non-pure and white dragon prince/his white horse vs non white).
In this end scene, he twisted the concept of cause and effect by becoming the cause without realizing it. Initially, the people did not kill him for his body parts but instead worshipped him and even came up with a system to distribute the wealth which isn't what he wanted. So he became the trigger to cause everyone to succumb to their inner dark desires.
@@sunbin2 You are right, I am aware of this too, but will be too much to write all of this to the Western audience. Too much to digest and too also hard to express in English especially if they don't watch/read Journey to the West and understand Buddhism/Daoism concepts. But I hope slowly people can understand it deeper which makes the story even more chef's kiss.
It is unfortunate that those not familiar with it will miss out on the deeper meaning of the story. It is actually very deep.
A lot merely noticed the surface level meaning of the story. But that is mainly because for streamers, it is not as enjoyable to watch someone read each journal entry of the monsters during a livestream. So they tend to skip it and miss out on the background events after wukong died leading to the story. Each chapter also express a main theme about an aspect of wukong himself which is only directly mentioned before final boss fight. When I rewatch everything afterwards, I can't help but admire it.
@@sunbin2 Step by step brother takes time to digest such complex and deep stories.
That's what I want to tell to some comments that declare humanity are evil. But I realized the moral of the story is that arguments are pointless if the people set their minds. So I stop it and go touch grass.
If you love chapter 3 animation you will love the rest of the chapters even more. But you will love it on another level once you finished True Ending and understand the whole thing. Many things are not as they seem to be. After you finished with true ending someday, I recommend you watch an ending explanation video either from MadLuigi or Stories with Cookie to get an understanding of the whole picture, what Wukong is really trying to do.
I thought it was just a rehash of "The Goose That Laid Golden Eggs" story, but it turns out it's a fked up corrupting goose.
IGN in a nutshell.
Comment of the year
Can't wait until he sees the animation from the end of Chapter 4. It still gets me after watching it a dozen times
Look at the collar of this man at 2:11
yellobrow pull his collar, just want to win.
You could hear yellow brown whispering to him too.
yeah he was cheating. He also destroyed the fishing boots to make the fisher men dependent, because there had been too much order and reason
Jinchanzi believes that human goodness and evil lie in how to guide them, because goodness and evil often lie in one's thoughts. On the road of life, it is inevitable to go astray due to momentary greed or evil thoughts, so how to guide them is the key. Yellowbrow, on the other hand, believes that human nature is inherently evil. To prove this, he intentionally leads humanity down the path of evil and greed, which is called putting the cart before the horse. He only wants to win, not really want to communicate with Jinchanzi.
In nature, human doesn’t born with inherited good or bad. The fundamental core value for all human or living things is the strong deep identification of self identity which evolve to become strong self preservation (survival). When human think that collective self identity preservation (group interest) is better and more reliable compared to just purely focus on self preservation (self survival ). Then moral conducts and regulations are introduced. That’s how good and bad is introduced. To my understanding any action/values that bring out the most benefits coverage to both human and the earth in long run survival with minimal adverse side effect is considered good. Anything that just limited to very narrow coverage of certain group of people in expense of bringing adverse effect to majority or earth or short term gain is not sustainable and so it so called bad.
@@chengyangooi4694well said
"If not for winning, why debate over means and ends." This captures the essence of our modern society. Greed is God.
2:11 the man's shirt was pulled into the crowd.
I didn't even notice that until now, crazyyyy
It was yellowbrow, he is the one that lured and manipulated that man so he can prove his point
@@TomLostWaveexactly, greedy is just the surface if you play the game Yellowbrow is constantly alluring you to keep killing more to prove you’re also bad inherently
Four interesting details are displayed in the animation:
My perception:
- The young man who started the chaos of killing the avatar (which is the elephant-like creature that might be considered as a mythological creature called Shi Meng Mo (食梦貘 - a mythical creature who consumes dreams) in ancient Chinese text ShanHai Scrolls) of Yellow Brow, he was actually tempted to do such thing to spread increase desires in people's mind according to the scene when the young man is given an upward camera shot showing his clothe being held up by an unseen force with a not-to-easy to discover quote “Guo Lai~!" which means come here (过来). However, the young man seems to have been planning to commit a robbery by already hiding a knife.
- The hand gesture (mudra) that Yellow Brow's avatar displays to the peoples who watches him perhaps curiously on the first formal meeting on the beach and before the scene of curing the sick children is the Sharanagamana Mudra (皈依印). It represents the "three treasures" of Buddhism which I will further explain below, also represents taking refuge with union of method and wisdom (summary: a gesture of conversion to Buddhism). This further tells that from now on the people will be his followers and the religion has formed.
Perception from other people:
- The 3 seagulls standing on YellowBrow's arm that appeared at the start of the animation might represent the "Three Treasures" of Buddhism (三宝 San Bao in Chinese), they are the core of Buddhism the religion itself. The 3 "treasures" are 1.) 佛 - Buddha (who is the leader and teacher of Buddhism), 2.) 法 - I considered it as creeds, protocols, rules and Dharma, and 3.) 僧 - the students or followers of Buddhism. In the end, only 2 seagulls remain standing on the broken YellowBrow avatar's shoulder, which further proves that the guess was right since the believers and monks (僧) have either gone or are dead.
- The starting scene was a metaphor for many Buddhas who were thinking the same thing as Yellow Brow and are supporters and observers towards his experiment on humanity (that humanity is evil). The scene where Yellow Brow's avatar is falling shows the cloud with many shapes of the buddhas. Furthermore, there is a scene when Yellow Brow avatar's palm faces towards the sky with another pair of "palm" formed by the clouds showing an abhaya mudra (mudra is hand gestures, abhaya mudra is the gesture represents protection and fearless) and also a following a common gestures the Anjali mudra with the palm of cloud and the palm of Yellow Brow's avatar nearly touching. At the end of the insanely night, it is given a Zoom out and bird-eye view shot to tell us that we are watching through the eyes of the Buddhas.
There is enough wealth in this world for everyone, but not enough for human agreed.
Human green born in desire, desire for more.
This cutscene reminds us how important it is to be patient, grateful, and not greedy.
This cutscene also reminds us how difficult to be like this~
The cutscene is just a cutscene. You may derive thousands conclusions out of it. Eventually it depends on you which value you want to believe in. And this belief will become something root that influences your whole life. So, just be cautious on what you choose to believe in.
@@flyingnan2520 exactly 💯
those people had been indeed patient, grateful, and not greedy. the order had been kept even with that huge treasure box in front of them.
For not losing Yellowbrow cheated by making the people dependent. he destroyed the fisher mens boots and cut of their source of living. lastly triggering the attack with magic.
In order to prove that the bottle can break, throw it directly from the Himalayas to prove that the bottle can break.😂
I feel everyone missed Yellowbrow's point with that last sentence. "If not for winning, why debate over means and ends?" Jinchanzi (the good guy) was also doing the same thing Yellowbrow did: trying to win and prove himself right by calling Yellowbrow's methods fucked up. He's not wrong about Yellowbrow's intentions, but he inadvertently also proved Yellowbrow's point: ultimately, everyone wants to be proven right and win.
Edit: the less civilized ones in the replies getting mad at me for pointing out how Yellowbrow exposed their nature and stung them lmao
Yes, he's right about that, but the main of the debate between Yellowbrow and Jinchanzi was whether all humans are inherently (by nature) greedy or not.
Yellowbrow altered the people psychology which could imply that what caused greed in a human is not necessarily their own nature but there could be environmental factors. So, Jinchanzi pointed out that all attempts that involve interferences yield inconclusive results.
If all humans were greedy by nature, then we can argue that the Yellowbrow (monster form) would've already been killed when it was caught by the fishermen. But that example didn't show it was the case.
Another relevant question would be to look at whether most people are greedy by nature or not.
@@somewhatblankpaper1423 absolutely true. But you can also take the viewpoint that the only reason he survived as long as he did in the monster form was because he was of use to them, which shows their inherent greed.
And if you think about it further, all Yellowbrow did was nudge them in the direction they went in. Free will is still a thing right? So even if that one guy got hypnotized into attacking Yellowbrow, the others could have refrained and protected him instead like they did before. You can see what I'm talking about in those brief flashes amidst the chaos where the guards and monks are opposing and trying to stop the villagers from losing their shit.
This is a very nuanced story and I fucking LOVE it🗿
@@advocate_of_HAKAI but the relationship between him and the people was mutually beneficial: he originally showed them a small presentation of what his body and powers could offer to the people and yet they didn’t just up and tear him to shreds. They gave him offerings, worshipped him, attended him, etc; and in return he granted them gifts and miracles with everyone being happy and content with this relationship with no sign of “natural greed” in sight. That only changed when one man (who probably wasn’t a local) was tempted to indulge in the greed that had consumed him with everyone else following suit, this however I still believe doesn’t prove Yellowbrow’s point about humans’ “inherent greed” though since there were several factors that were at play (most through his manipulation) before they’ve descended into their greedy impulses. It’s an interesting story and debate.
@@advocate_of_HAKAIHonestly yellobrow committed some logical fallacies at the end there. He said that if not because of winning, why debate over means and ends? By doing so he directly attacked jichanzi's motive for pointing out his wrongful conducts while glossing over the fact that while jichanzi might have pointed out yellowbrow's twisted methods to win it still doesnt make yellowbrow actions any less wrong. He debated about the inferiority of men because of their avarice and yet in a desire to win he twisted the results to support his points, thats human's behaviors. The traits that yellowbrow so readily condemned men for are also presented in him, if thats the case what makes human inferior and him their superior?
@@thatlazyguy588 exactly my point, and that's why I love this story so much. It's showing that whole "nobody is completely faultless or faulty" perspective in a much more refined and realistic way than these wokies these days are trying and failing so pathetically to do.
Yes, Yellowbrow is an asshole too, there's no denying it. He's absolutely wrong in his motivations and methods. BUT like I mentioned to the other user in my reply, you have to appreciate the fact that Jinchanzi's mere act of pointing out his flaws and saying they're wrong can be construed to mean Jinchanzi thinks he's right (which we wouldn't be denying anyway). Nor can we ignore the fact that despite Yellowbrow's messed up methods, he did prove his hypothesis that humans are inherently greedy and weak, because as I mentioned in my other reply, he only hypnotized that one dude in his monster form, not the whole village. You can see that from the reactions of the guards and the monks.
So yes, Yellowbrow is absolutely wrong in that he was intentionally the catalyst that brought out the worst in those people, and therefore he's no better than them. BUT, isn't Jinchanzi also attempting to hide atleast a modicum of self-importance behind a thin veil of righteousness when he points out Yellowbrow's flaws? Just another perspective to think about.
I love that fact that you got it right away
Poor fishing boat at 1:05
I love this one the most too
Yellowbrow: published a Nature paper. Jinchanzi: You forgot to declare conflict of interest 🤡
the philosophical hammer on this is too damn heavy
""Every age, it seems, is tainted by the greed of men. Rubbish, to one such as I, devoid of all worldly wants!"
great art
Never bite the hand that feed you, for free no less.
At the end of the first chapter, Guanyin said, if everyone wears a cassock and people have no suffering, how can I show that I am a saint and my greatness? How can I make others kneel down to worship me? Mortals will only pray to gods when they are poor and miserable. The gods will choose an example to help them turn over and live a good life. Only then will people be willing to dedicate the money they have earned from their hard work to the gods. These gods do nothing and will starve to death without believers. So in the eyes of the gods, Jin Chanzi is wrong. Jin Chanzi wants everyone to be rich in material and spirit, everyone is equal, and everyone is a god. This hurts the interests of the gods, so he was cast down to the mortal world and became a mortal, that is, Tang Sanzang. In the eyes of the gods, Huang Mei is right. He built a palace, pretended to be profound, and reflected his greatness to deceive people and collect believers. The gods also did this. Only by doing this can the authority of the gods be reflected and the greatness of the gods be reflected. But Huang Mei wanted to go out on his own and start his own business to replace the gods. This also hurt the interests of the gods, so he deserved to die. Huang Mei is a smart guy and Jin Chanzi is a fool. In the real world, people like Huang Mei are more likely to succeed. This is reality. This game is very ironic and profound.
I think he is getting contolled on 2:11
By own greed
Your favorite will be soon superseded by later stage, tis I promise
04:15 When JinChan Zi spread the dust, all he can see is the gold. Because he always can see the good side of a person(gold in the sand). But HuangMei is oppsite, HuangMei try to make people crazy and think all people are bad from beginning.
人們貪得無饜，最終自己毀滅了自己。
human greedy
Then you have fallen into Yellowbrow's trap
1:12, what's the catch? Notice the ship that got swept away by the typhoon he created to give the fishes? Yellowbrows don't care about people, he's doing all these charity for another purpose.
This scene basically make me angry at "Humanity" but then again, we humans always been greedy and ungrateful the first opportunity we get.
I think you may call greed a survival instinct that living beings born with. This is good or bad depending on circumstances
@@anniemeridian270 someone in the comment made a good allegory called "Broken car window effect" made deliberately by a youtuber in a poor neighbourhood for clout chasing
In nature, human doesn’t born with inherited good or bad. The fundamental core value for all human or living things is the strong deep identification of self identity which evolve to become strong self preservation (survival). When human think that collective self identity preservation (group interest) is better and more reliable compared to just purely focus on self preservation (self survival ). Then moral conducts and regulations are introduced. That’s how good and bad is introduced. To my understanding any action/values that bring out the most benefits coverage to both human and the earth in long run survival with minimal adverse side effect is considered good. Anything that just limited to very narrow coverage of certain group of people in expense of bringing adverse effect to majority or earth or short term gain is not sustainable and so it so called bad.
In Buddhist teaching, in order to break free, you need to break free the deepest and root of the self identification values. This means you are beyond good and bad. Good and bad is still not the core of existence. Only break free of self identification, then naturally, you will not tend to seek for holding self identification which is reincarnation itself. Once you think something is good or bad. You tends to have emotional attached to it and it lead you to reborn and seek for good or revenge for bad.
That’s the reason the Buddha teaches non self, non permanent and nirvana. Nirvana is the end of suffering or break free from suffering (endless reincarnation)
中國神話，意義深遠。
要靜心，用心體會。
The irony is, the whole novel is about going to India for enlightenment. Even the CCP is just a copy of the CCCP. Kind of an art, though.
@@Ozempic-666只有你会认为《西游记》是讲述一个去印度取经的故事，也只有你会认为中国就是一个共产社会
@@Ozempic-666 learning from others is a virtue, only great powers can do that
@Ozempic-666 你太懂了，我什么时候才能像你一样懂，请指导我
I think the scenes that yellowbrow eats fish is also representing his greed?
freebies are always more expensive than paid stuffs！ shortcuts are always longer than regular roads！ speaking of lifetime
Then you have fallen into Yellowbrow's trap
GOTY
so would you say we are inherently good or bad? Yellowbrow was betting we are born greedy
yellowbrow is another level
Sick
capitalism logic is rewarding all to yellowbrows because he is smart. But one day, poor people found he is nothing, but good at exploiting the workers, this system will collapse instantly.
😊
this is a lesson for every one.some one help them , but they want more and ended in a disaster.
第一章结尾观音就说了，如果人人都披上袈裟，人人都过得好，怎么显得我才是圣人怎么才能让别人跪拜我呢，凡人只有贫穷过得不好，才会求神，才会心甘情愿把把自己辛苦劳作获得的金钱奉献给神灵，这些神灵什么都不干，没有信徒就会饿死，所以在神灵眼中金蝉子错了，金蝉子想要每一个人都成为物质跟精神富有的人，每一个人都平等，每一个人都是神灵，这伤害了神灵的利益，所以被打落凡间，成为一个凡人，也就是唐三藏。在神灵眼中黄眉是对的，造宫殿，装高深，体现自己的伟大蛊惑人民收罗信徒，神灵也是这么做的，只有这么做，才能体现神灵的权威，才能体现神灵的伟大。但是黄眉想出来单干，自己创业想要顶替神灵，这也伤害了神灵的利益，所以该死。黄梅是个聪明人而金蝉子是个笨蛋，这是现实，这部游戏非常讽刺，很深奥
昨晚刚过黄梅，真没想到第一个3A就能达到这种水平，这么文化内核老外能理解吗....
@@MobileChuckle 真不是给老外做的，那些拼命拿奖项的游戏不就是为了一张袈裟吗？老冯真是深不可测。所有的歌词好到了极致。
心理學，集体闖紅燈無罪？注意集体抗爭，帶頭“示範”攻擊的群起效應
似乎你想把带头作恶和带头做善混在一起哦。
Fat Yellow Hair loves winning so he doctored the data to win against sleepy Jin, who were trying to act as progressive as he can. We all love to support Jin since he sounds more caring. Jin later seeked help from the Indian to save his people from ignorance and greed. Along the way he made good uses of competent people like Wukong(and his brothers) for all the heavy lifting. The rest is reality.
Why are there more and more monsters in the direction of Buddha in Journey to the West, but there are few monsters in the Tang Dynasty, the starting point?
um... I am Chinese but I don't get this part 🥲
黄眉为了证明人性本恶 故意引诱村民 2:11 那个人不是主动去刺杀怪物 而是被怪物的咒语控制. 黄眉为了赢 故意造假 结论完全站不住脚
then check 好多解说
At the end of the first chapter, Guanyin said, if everyone wears a cassock and people have no suffering, how can I show that I am a saint and my greatness? How can I make others kneel down to worship me? Mortals will only pray to gods when they are poor and miserable. The gods will choose an example to help them turn over and live a good life. Only then will people be willing to dedicate the money they have earned from their hard work to the gods. These gods do nothing and will starve to death without believers. So in the eyes of the gods, Jin Chanzi is wrong. Jin Chanzi wants everyone to be rich in material and spirit, everyone is equal, and everyone is a god. This hurts the interests of the gods, so he was cast down to the mortal world and became a mortal, that is, Tang Sanzang. In the eyes of the gods, Huang Mei is right. He built a palace, pretended to be profound, and reflected his greatness to deceive people and collect believers. The gods also did this. Only by doing this can the authority of the gods be reflected and the greatness of the gods be reflected. But Huang Mei wanted to go out on his own and start his own business to replace the gods. This also hurt the interests of the gods, so he deserved to die. Huang Mei is a smart guy and Jin Chanzi is a fool. In the real world, people like Huang Mei are more likely to succeed. This is reality. This game is very ironic and profound.
Yes, you are right. But Huang Mei and Jin Chanzi are not fools. They both understand how the world works.
Behind the story is asking you which side to choose?
Huang Mei's actions have been proven wrong countless times in human history, and will eventually lead to people's revolutions or wars again and again.
In a pyramid-shaped social structure, when 1% of the upper class controls more than half of the resources, one day a slight push of human desire will set the prairie fire on fire, and eventually Babylon will fall.