Wùkōng 悟空 (731–812)
Tang Chinese pilgrim-monk, secular name Chē Fèngcháo 車奉朝. He travelled to Gandhāra and India in 751 as a member of the Tang embassy to the Kābulshāhi state, took monastic ordination there, studied Sanskrit, and after more than three decades returned to Cháng’ān in 790 bringing Sanskrit Buddhist manuscripts. He collaborated with Prajñā (般若) and other late-Tang translators on a small number of Mahāyāna texts. Distinct from the legendary monkey-king Sūn Wùkōng of the Xī yóu jì.