The Tang Priest in The Journey to the West was the righteous brother of Emperor Taizong, and the layman's surname was Chen, his birth name was Xuanzang, and he was the first monk in the Tang Dynasty. He is tall, elegant, kind-hearted and proficient in Buddhist scriptures. So people call it Tang priest. When Emperor Taizong of Li Shimin went west to learn Buddhist scriptures, he gave Sanzang a dharma name.

At the age of eighteen, Tang Priest became a monk and converted to Buddhism. He often studies Buddhist scriptures in the evening, and his understanding is extremely high. In his twenties, he was famous for China Buddhism and was deeply loved by Emperor Taizong. Later, he was secretly selected by the Tathagata, went to the Western Heaven to learn Buddhist scriptures, and got the three treasures, namely, the cassock, the nine rings and the golden hoop mantra.

In the novel, he encountered eighty-one difficulties in learning from the West and never changed his original intention. With the help of the Monkey King, Pig Bajie and Friar Sand, he finally retrieved 35 true scriptures from the western Buddhist Leiyin Temple, which made great contributions to the promotion of Buddhism. Up to now, people talk about it and never forget his historical achievements.

The Journey to the West was born in16th century, during Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty in China (1522- 1566), and it has been more than 400 years since then. Author Wu Cheng'en, whose real name is Ruzhong, whose real name is Sheyang Jushi, and The Journey to the West wrote the first draft in Wu Cheng'en's middle age, which was later polished. He recreated the art on the basis of the literary works and stories about Tang Priest's Buddhist scriptures accumulated for many years in the previous generation, and changed the original story mainly about Tang Priest's Buddhist scriptures into the Monkey King.

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