The novel of “Journey to the West” is quite famous among Chinese and Western. Some of the stories in the book are purely fictions, but some of them were written based on real event. In real history, the Monk Tsang went to Western and seeking for the Buddhist scriptures is a real event. However, there are some differences between the real history and what was written in the book. In today’s story, let’s take a look at what the true story was. 

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