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	___ Xuanzang, The Tang Monk Xuanzang, the Tang Monk (Chinese: 玄奘; pinyin: Xuánzàng) is a central character of the classic Chinese novel ‘Journey to the West’.
	In the novel Xuanzang travels to India to retrieve Buddhist sutras. On his journey he is constantly terrorized by monsters and demons because of a legend that they would obtain immortality by eating the flesh of a holy man. While he is a pacifist who has no fighting ability of his own, he is flanked by his three powerful disciples - Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing - themselves "monsters" who have vowed to protect Xuanzang on his journey in order to atone for their sins in Heaven. While the heavenly origins of Sun Wukong are up for debate, both Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing (and even the horse on which Xuanzang rides) were once minor deities in Heaven who were cast to Earth for their wrongdoings.

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