41:(三國遺事)" Volume 2, Records of Great Wonders Part 2 (권2 기이(紀異) 제2). This part has three stories: the story of 'The King with donkey ears' , ‘Eungryeom (응렴, 膺廉) who became king with three good things’ and ‘the king who sleeps with snakes’. After King Gyeongmun ascended the throne, his ears suddenly grew longer and became like the ears of a donkey. No one knew about it. Even the empress and the court ladies didn't know about it. Only one, the king's 'bokdujangi' ( (幞頭장이), a person who used to make or repair bokdu worn by kings or government officials on their head, knew it. He did not dare to reveal the fact all his life, but when he died, he went into the bamboo grove of Dorimsa (도림사, 道林寺) which is a temple which used to exist in
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terms of content, but common in that the main characters all have donkey ears. Considering the geographical and political conditions, it is possible that this type of tale exists in China and Japan, but it has not yet been confirmed. A work that modernized this tale is 'Gwi' by Bang Gi-hwan, published in the
November issue of Munhakyesul (문학예술, 文學藝術, Literature and Art) in 1957.
45:. Then he shouted at a bamboo tree, "Our king's ears are like donkey ears." After that, when the wind blew, a sound came from the bamboo field, saying, "Our king's ears are like donkey ears." The king did not like this, so he cut down the bamboo and planted cornus officinalis, but the sound was still the same.
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On the other hand, it is a little different that our 'dresser (복두장이)' is 'barber' in the story of King Midas, and 'bamboo' is 'reed'. It has been confirmed that this tale exists not only in Korea but also in India, Mongolia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and
Kyrgyzstan, showing considerable differences in
26:. "Samguk Yusa" tells two stories related to King Gyeongmun. One is that King Gyeongmun slept comfortably only when snakes stuck out their tongues and covered his chest whenever he slept, the other is that the king's ears are donkey ears.
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This story has been widely orally handed down due to its rich folklore, and has been a subject of research by domestic and foreign scholars from an early age in that its distribution area is not only domestic but also global.
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