The three Tang Sanzang in Journey to the West were Xuanzang, Sun Wukong, and Zhu Bajie. Xuanzang was a famous master in the Tang Dynasty. He was proficient in Buddhist scriptures and had once gone to India to obtain scriptures. Finally, he founded the Zen Buddhism. Sun Wukong was a monkey who returned to the Flowerfruit Mountain to challenge the gods after becoming an immortal. He was eventually subdued by Tang Sanzang and became his disciple. Zhu Bajie was a pig demon who had been subdued by Tang Sanzang and helped Tang Sanzang and his party overcome many difficulties on their way to the scriptures. The three Tang Sanzang were all very important characters, and Xuanzang was the main character in the original novel.