唐三藏

táng sān zàng

Tripitaka, the central character of the 16th century novel "Journey to the West" 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 ji4], based on the monk Xuanzang 玄奘[Xuan2 zang4] (602–664)

táng

Tang dynasty (618–907)

sān

three

zàng

abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏[Xi1 zang4]