True and False Wukong: the Legend of the Six-eared Macaque
by Zhang Qiqi
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On the Lingshan Mountain, the showdown between the real and fake Monkey King has long been settled. However, a thousand years later, a shocking secret was revealed - the one who was discovered and beaten to death by Tathagata Buddha was actually the real Monkey King, the Monkey King! And it was this mysterious six-eared macaque that took his place in obtaining the scriptures and defeating the Buddha in a fight! The story begins with the memories of Erlang Shen Yang Jian, and gradually reveals the truth about the thrilling real and fake Monkey King incident that year. The six-eared macaque relied on its special ability of "being good at listening to sounds, able to detect reasoning, know the front and back, and everything is clear". Under the layout of Tathagata Buddha, the six-eared macaque took the place of Sun Wukong. However, the six-eared macaque who became the Victorious Buddha did not gain inner peace. He struggles with the confusion of identity and the blurring of the lines between good and evil. When a ray of Sun Wukong's soul gradually revived in the water purification bottle of Guanyin Bodhisattva, a showdown between gods and demons that spanned a thousand years was staged again. Through the story of the six-eared macaque, the novel explores profound philosophical propositions such as identity, destiny choice, and the boundaries between good and evil. In this mythical world full of lies and truth, everyone is looking for their own answers.
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