玄奘

玄奘 is the historical pilgrimage figure behind the取经 tradition discussed in 43.西游记：咄！你是什么妖精！. The episode separates the real travel background from the later novel-world team, using that gap to show how 《西游记》 grew through Accretive Text Formation rather than direct transcription of history.

The source connects 玄奘 to multiple character origins. 孙悟空 is partly related to stories around Shi Pantuo and travel assistance; 沙和尚 is connected to the deep-sand deity and the motif of nine previous取经 lives; 猪八戒 appears later in the lineage and therefore shows how the team itself changed over time.

Connections

• 《西游记》 - later literary and mythic development of the pilgrimage tradition.
• 孙悟空, 猪八戒, and 沙和尚 - novel companions whose source histories differ.
• Accretive Text Formation - concept for the distance between historical travel and literary classic.
• Mythic Source Layering - religious and folk layers added around the pilgrimage story.