The origins of the names of the four monks and disciples in Journey to the West

1. Because the Bodhisattva named Sha as his surname, Sha Monk gave him a Dharma name, Wujing.

2. Because Bajie refers to the surname of Bodhisattva, he was given a Dharma name called Wu Neng.

3. Tang Monk because he is a monk from the Tang Dynasty. Tang Monk was named Jiang Liu'er because his mother put him in a wooden basin on the river and he was saved by an old monk. The old monk didn't know the child's surname, so he named him Jiang Liu'er after him. Jin Chanzi Tang Monk is the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi. Xuanzang is the Buddhist name of Tang Monk. When Tang Sanzang traveled to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, gave him the Buddhist name Tripitaka.

4. Wukong lost a beast because of Hozen, which is a sub-type. The son refers to the male child; the tie refers to the infant, which is in line with the basic theory of infants. His surname was Sun. He is a disciple of the tenth generation. His master named him with twelve characters. The cross is Wu, so he is called Wukong. Extended information

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Tang Monk, also known as Tang Sanzang, was the second disciple of the Tathagata Jin Chanzi in his previous life. He also had a nickname of Jiang Liuer. There is also a "Jiang Liu'er" in the well-known Western book "The Bible". This person is Moses. Moses in Hebrew means "pulling up from the water", and when translated into Chinese, it is called "Jiang Liu'er".

The origin of the name "Jiang Liu'er" of Tang Monk is related to his birth. The birth of Tang Seng is described in detail in "Journey to the West" "Chen Guangrui was in trouble when he was in office, Jiang Liuseng took revenge": Tang Seng was the posthumous son of Chen Guangrui, the number one scholar in Haizhou. Before he was born, his father was in trouble, and his mother tied him up to save her son. On a wooden board, let him float down the river. Later, he was discovered and raised by the elder Faming of Jinshan Temple. Because Tang Monk drifted along the river, he was named Jiang Liuer.