The Six-Eared Macaque — The Fake Sun Wukong Nobody Could Tell Apart

Five courts of authority looked at two identical Monkey Kings. Only one of them could say which was which. Every claim in this video is anchored to a named text. Sources are on screen as they come up and listed below. CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold Open 0:31 The Second Banishment 1:44 The Impostor Who Wanted the Job 2:55 Five Courts 5:07 The Buddha, the Fourth Monkey, and the Blow 7:12 The Readings 8:40 Close SOURCES · Journey to the West (Xiyou ji), Shidetang edition, 1592, ch. 56–58 Series playlist: Journey to the West — Complete Stories Illustrations and narration for this video are AI-assisted; the research, script and edit are not. #mythology #sixeared