Complex sentence: Shā Wùjìng is one of the three disciples of the Buddhist pilgrim Xuanzang in the novel "Journey to the West" written by Wu Cheng'en in the Ming dynasty, although versions of his character predate the Ming novel.
Split into simpler sentences: Shā Wùjìng is one of the three disciples of the Buddhist pilgrim Xuanzang. He appears as a character in the novel "Journey to the West" written by Wu Cheng'en in the Ming dynasty, although versions of his character predate the Ming novel.