There are several texts concerning biographical and historical materials of Xuanzang the Tripitaka Master (600?-664), which are Great Tang Records on the Western Regions, A Biography of the Tripitaka Master of the Great Ci'en Monastery of the Great Tang Dynasty, Continuation of the Biographies of Eminent Monks, Accounts of the Late Tripitaka Master Xuanzang, The Inscription on a Pagoda regarding the Tripitaka Vast Omniscient Master of the Great Tang Dynasty (with a foreword), and Documents to the Emperors from the Tripitaka Master of the Great Tang Dynasty etc. The time these works were written or compiled is different; some are detail oriented and some are summarized. As a result, some contents are predictably contradictory, which causes a lot of confusion for researchers. This thesis draws from Great Tang Records on the Western Regions and A Biography of the Tripitaka Master of the Great Ci'en Monastery of the Great Tang Dynasty. The main purpose of this work is to aid teaching and learning about the life of master Xuanzang. In order to help readers gain a more in depth understanding of the Buddhist philosophy, some contents have been corrected and the missing parts were filled in. As a result, the nuances and implications of these materials can be better uncovered and understood.
