Journey to the West: Real and Fake Monkey King · chapter 4 of 6
Who Is Real?
谁是真的？
Two Wukongs fight in the clouds, then ask Master and Guanyin for help. Even the headband spell cannot tell them apart.
Read what you hear
- Sun Wukong 你才是假的！吃老孙一棒，看你还敢不敢装成我！
Nǐ cái shì jiǎ de! Chī Lǎo Sūn yí bàng, kàn nǐ hái gǎn bu gǎn zhuāng chéng wǒ!
You're the fake one! Eat Old Sun's staff, and see if you still dare to pretend to be me!
- The Fake Wukong 哈哈，你打不到我！我的棒比你的棒更快，我的拳头也比你的更硬！
Hāhā, nǐ dǎ bu dào wǒ! Wǒ de bàng bǐ nǐ de bàng gèng kuài, wǒ de quántou yě bǐ nǐ de gèng yìng!
Ha ha, you can't hit me! My staff is faster than yours, and my fists are harder too!
- Sun Wukong 好大的口气！你会七十二变吗？老孙会变，你也会变吗？
Hǎo dà de kǒuqì! Nǐ huì qīshí'èr biàn ma? Lǎo Sūn huì biàn, nǐ yě huì biàn ma?
Big talk! Can you do the seventy-two changes? Old Sun can. Can you?
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- The Fake Wukong 七十二变？我会的，比你还多！你想看看吗？
Qīshí'èr biàn? Wǒ huì de, bǐ nǐ hái duō! Nǐ xiǎng kànkan ma?
Seventy-two changes? I know even more than you! Do you want to see?
- Sun Wukong 你跟老孙一模一样，连说话的样子也一样……你到底是谁？
Nǐ gēn Lǎo Sūn yì mú yí yàng, lián shuōhuà de yàngzi yě yíyàng… nǐ dàodǐ shì shuí?
You look exactly like Old Sun, you even talk like Old Sun... Who on earth are you?
- The Fake Wukong 你跟老孙一模一样，连说话的样子也一样……你到底是谁？
Nǐ gēn Lǎo Sūn yì mú yí yàng, lián shuōhuà de yàngzi yě yíyàng… nǐ dàodǐ shì shuí?
You look exactly like Old Sun, you even talk like Old Sun... Who on earth are you?
- Sun Wukong 别学我说话！
Bié xué wǒ shuōhuà!
Stop copying me!
- The Fake Wukong 别学我说话！
Bié xué wǒ shuōhuà!
Stop copying me!
- Sun Wukong 啊！气死老孙了！我们去问师父吧，师父一定认得真的老孙！
A! Qìsǐ Lǎo Sūn le! Wǒmen qù wèn shīfu ba, shīfu yídìng rènde zhēn de Lǎo Sūn!
Argh! Old Sun could burst! Let's ask Master. Master will surely know the real Old Sun!
- The Fake Wukong 好啊！我们一起去问师父，看看他会选谁！
Hǎo a! Wǒmen yìqǐ qù wèn shīfu, kànkan tā huì xuǎn shuí!
Fine! Let's go and ask Master together and see whom he picks!
- Tang Seng 悟空？怎么有两个悟空？我是不是太累了，眼睛看花了？
Wùkōng? Zěnme yǒu liǎng gè Wùkōng? Wǒ shì bu shì tài lèi le, yǎnjīng kàn huā le?
Wukong? How can there be two Wukongs? Am I so tired that I'm seeing double?
- Sun Wukong 师父！我才是真的悟空！他是妖怪，快让他走开！
Shīfu! Wǒ cái shì zhēn de Wùkōng! Tā shì yāoguai, kuài ràng tā zǒukāi!
Master! I am the real Wukong! He is a demon, make him go away!
- The Fake Wukong 师父！我才是真的悟空！他是妖怪，快让他走开！
Shīfu! Wǒ cái shì zhēn de Wùkōng! Tā shì yāoguai, kuài ràng tā zǒukāi!
Master! I am the real Wukong! He is a demon, make him go away!
- Tang Seng 你们的样子一样，声音也一样……我真的分不出来。
Nǐmen de yàngzi yíyàng, shēngyīn yě yíyàng… wǒ zhēn de fēn bu chūlái.
You look the same, you sound the same... I truly cannot tell.
- Tang Seng 有了！我可以念紧箍咒。真的悟空会觉得头疼，假的不会。
Yǒu le! Wǒ kěyǐ niàn jǐn gū zhòu. Zhēn de Wùkōng huì juéde tóu téng, jiǎ de búhuì.
I have it! I can say the headband spell. The real Wukong will feel the pain, and the fake one won't.
- Narrator 唐僧闭上眼睛，小声念起了紧箍咒。
Táng Sēng bì shàng yǎnjīng, xiǎoshēng niàn qǐ le jǐn gū zhòu.
Tang Seng closed his eyes and softly began to say the headband spell.
- Sun Wukong 啊！头好疼！师父，别念了，老孙受不了了！
A! Tóu hǎo téng! Shīfu, bié niàn le, Lǎo Sūn shòu bu liǎo le!
Ah! My head hurts! Master, stop, Old Sun can't take it!
- The Fake Wukong 啊！头好疼！师父，别念了，老孙受不了了！
A! Tóu hǎo téng! Shīfu, bié niàn le, Lǎo Sūn shòu bu liǎo le!
Ah! My head hurts! Master, stop, Old Sun can't take it!
- Tang Seng 你们两个都疼……我还是分不出来！悟空，对不起，师父让你们受苦了。
Nǐmen liǎng gè dōu téng… wǒ háishì fēn bu chūlái! Wùkōng, duìbùqǐ, shīfu ràng nǐmen shòukǔ le.
You both hurt... and still I cannot tell! Wukong, I'm sorry. Master made you suffer.
- Tang Seng 我们去问观音菩萨吧。她一定有办法。
Wǒmen qù wèn Guānyīn Púsà ba. Tā yídìng yǒu bànfǎ.
Let's go and ask Bodhisattva Guanyin. She will surely know what to do.
- Sun Wukong 观音菩萨！请你快看看，我们两个，谁是真的？
Guānyīn Púsà! Qǐng nǐ kuài kànkan, wǒmen liǎng gè, shuí shì zhēn de?
Bodhisattva Guanyin! Please look quickly. Of the two of us, who is real?
- The Fake Wukong 菩萨，我才是真的！他是假的，请你别相信他！
Púsà, wǒ cái shì zhēn de! Tā shì jiǎ de, qǐng nǐ bié xiāngxìn tā!
Bodhisattva, I'm the real one! He is the fake, please don't believe him!
- Guanyin 我看看……你们的样子一样，眼睛也一样，连说话的声音也一样。
Wǒ kànkan… nǐmen de yàngzi yíyàng, yǎnjīng yě yíyàng, lián shuōhuà de shēngyīn yě yíyàng.
Let me look... You look alike, your eyes are alike, even your voices are alike.
- Guanyin 我也念一念紧箍咒，看看谁会疼。
Wǒ yě niàn yi niàn jǐn gū zhòu, kànkan shuí huì téng.
I will say the headband spell too and see who feels the pain.
- Sun Wukong 啊……菩萨，别念了！我的头好疼啊！
A… púsà, bié niàn le! Wǒ de tóu hǎo téng a!
Ah... Bodhisattva, stop! My head hurts so much!
- The Fake Wukong 啊……菩萨，别念了！我的头好疼啊！
A… púsà, bié niàn le! Wǒ de tóu hǎo téng a!
Ah... Bodhisattva, stop! My head hurts so much!
- Guanyin 你们都疼……连我也分不出来。这真是一件难事。
Nǐmen dōu téng… lián wǒ yě fēn bu chūlái. Zhè zhēnshì yí jiàn nánshì.
You both hurt... even I cannot tell. This is a hard thing indeed.
- Sun Wukong 那怎么办？菩萨，老孙不能让他一直装下去！
Nà zěnme bàn? Púsà, Lǎo Sūn bùnéng ràng tā yìzhí zhuāng xiàqù!
Then what do we do? Bodhisattva, Old Sun can't let him keep pretending forever!
- Guanyin 天上有一面照妖镜，能照出妖怪的样子。你们去找玉皇大帝吧。
Tiānshàng yǒu yí miàn zhàoyāojìng, néng zhào chū yāoguai de yàngzi. Nǐmen qù zhǎo Yùhuáng Dàdì ba.
There is a demon-revealing mirror in Heaven that shows demons as they are. Go and find the Jade Emperor.
- The Fake Wukong 好！去就去！老孙才不怕！
Hǎo! Qù jiù qù! Lǎo Sūn cái búpà!
Fine! Let's go! Old Sun isn't afraid!
- Guanyin 如果连天上也分不出来……那就只有佛祖了。
Rúguǒ lián tiānshàng yě fēn bu chūlái… nà jiù zhǐyǒu Fózǔ le.
And if even Heaven cannot tell... then only the Buddha remains.
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What changed in the story?
- What does the fake Wukong do when the real one speaks?
“你跟老孙一模一样，连说话的样子也一样……你到底是谁？”
- Why does Tang Seng say the headband spell?
“我可以念紧箍咒。真的悟空会觉得头疼，假的不会。”
- What happens when Tang Seng says the spell?
“啊！头好疼！师父，别念了，老孙受不了了！”
- Why can Guanyin not tell the two apart?
“你们都疼……连我也分不出来。”
- Where does Guanyin send them?
“你们去找玉皇大帝吧。”
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