Is it true that Tang Monk took sutras

Q: Is it true that Tang Monk took sutras

A. The historical background of Tang Monk's pilgrimage is true, but the story in Journey to the West is fictional.

The historical prototype of Buddhist sutras in the Tang Dynasty is Xuanzang, a Tang monk who traveled from Chang 'an to Tianzhu (ancient India) to obtain Buddhist sutras during the reign of Emperor Taizong. Xuanzang's action was in violation of the imperial court's prohibition of unauthorized travel to the west. It took him 17 years to reach India and obtain more than 600 Buddhist scriptures in Sanskrit. These experiences have been artistically processed and mythologized in Journey to the West, forming the well-known story of Tang Monk's sutras.

It should be noted that the demons, ghosts, demons and other elements in Journey to the West are fictions of writers, not real historical events.