Six Eared Macaque

The Six Eared Macaque, also known as the fake Sun Wukong, is an antagonist in the classic novel Journey to the West and its multiple adaptations. As his name suggested, he is a Macaque with six ears that is as powerful as Sun Wukong himself. The Six Eared Macaque first appears as Sun Wukong, giving Xuanzang a bowl of rice. Xuanzang angrily refuses, caused him to beat the monk unconscious. Later on, Sha Wujing met him in the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit, believing him to be Wukong. The macaque told Sha Wujing that his desire is to go to the West himself and receive all the scriptures and the Buddhahood all for himself. This angered Sha Wujing, who met the real Sun Wukong, and rant at him. The two head back to the mountain, where Wukong met the macaque, and the two battled. Despite all of the deities' best effort, only one could tell them apart, but said that only the Buddha can capture the imposter. The two then fight in front of the Buddha, who used his magical bowl to capture the macaque, forced him to revert back to his true form. In anger, Sun Wukong killed the macaque.