White Dragon Horse

He is a person and he is the luggage, and the novel never quite resolves which. Formal lists of the pilgrims give five — monk, monkey, pig, friar and horse — and he speaks and fights on the few occasions the plot needs him to, then goes back to being ridden for another thirty chapters. Including him is the difference between a party of four and the party the Chinese tradition actually enumerates.

Domains

• dragons

Relations

• subordinate to: Tang SanzangHe is the fourth disciple in the reckonings that count him, and the transport in all of them.Reference treatment of the White Dragon Horse as Xuanzang's steed. (secondary)

Sources

• The White Dragon Horse is a dragon prince who takes the shape of a white horse and carries Xuanzang throughout the journey west.: Reference treatment of the White Dragon Horse in the Journey to the West. (secondary)