Xuanzang’s Family Tree

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Family

• Chen Guangrui(parent),Yin Wenjiao(parent)— Marriage

  Chen Guangrui and Yin Wenjiao were Xuanzang's parents in the Journey to the West — his father murdered by the boatman Liu Hong, his mother setting the infant adrift to save him, until years later the grown monk returned to avenge his father and reunite his family.

Aspect of

• Jin Chanzi

  Xuanzang is the tenth and final reincarnation of Jin Chanzi, the Golden Cicada, Rulai Fozu's second disciple who was cast down from Thunderclap Temple for inattention during a sermon.

Allied with

• Bai Longma,Sha Wujing,Sun Wukong,Zhu Bajie

  Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, and Bai Long Ma serve as Xuanzang's disciples and protectors on the pilgrimage to retrieve Buddhist scriptures from India.

Guarded by

• Bai Longma

  The Third Prince of the Western Dragon King, condemned to death for burning his father's pearl, was transformed into Bai Longma by Guanyin and carried Xuanzang on his back across every league of the journey to India.

• Guanyin

  Guanyin chose Xuánzàng for the scripture pilgrimage, shielded him from demons across eighty-one tribulations, and appeared in disguise whenever the monk's faith or life hung in the balance.

• Sun Wukong

  Sun Wukong walked beside Xuanzang for fourteen years and eighty-one tribulations, battling demons and spirits at every turn to shield the monk who could not lift a sword in his own defense.

Rules over

• Sun Wukong

  Xuanzang commands Sun Wukong through the golden headband, keeping him obedient on the Journey to the West.

Associated with

• Baigujing

  Xuanzang, deceived by Baigujing's three disguises and believing Sun Wukong had murdered innocent villagers, recited the headband sutra in punishment and banished the Monkey King from the pilgrimage.

• Hong Hai'er

  Hong Hai'er captured Xuanzang at Withered Pine Stream, intending to eat his flesh for immortality, before being subdued by Guanyin.

• Jade Emperor

  In Journey to the West, the Jade Emperor sanctioned Xuanzang's pilgrimage to retrieve Buddhist scriptures from India, dispatching celestial protectors and coordinating with the Buddhist hierarchy to ensure the mission's success.

• Rulai Fozu

  Xuanzang is the reincarnation of Golden Cicada, a disciple of Rulai Fozu who was banished for inattention, and completes the pilgrimage to retrieve Buddhist scriptures from the Buddha at Vulture Peak.