Why was Tang Sanzang the only candidate to journey west in search of Buddhist scriptures? Why not someone else? Did nobody know there were also Tang Yizang, Tang Erzang, and Tang Sizang?
Actually, all four of them were candidates for the journey west to seek the scriptures.
Tang Sanzang was chosen only after they went through a very special interview.
So what was this interview like? What did it test?
Here, we'll see all kinds of strange and wonderful stories,
funny and entertaining, yet thought-provoking.
In the end, we'll discover that even immortals have human nature.
Theme:
The name Tripitaka was given by Li Shimin, which means Tripitaka of Mahayana Buddhism. The emperor was counting on Chen Xuanzang to get the scriptures back, so he gave his imperial younger brother this name! It's not the author's description you wrote in the introduction.