Is the little white dragon in Journey to the West an apprentice of Tang Priest?

The little white dragon on the Journey to the West can't be regarded as Tang Yan's apprentice, because the little white dragon didn't learn from Tang Yan, so he didn't take part in the ranking of other disciples, and Tang Yan didn't name him, and the learning team was basically made up of little white dragon, so the little white dragon just acted as an unusual foot force.

First, Xiao Bailong didn't invite Tang Priest to go to Guanyin to learn Buddhist scriptures, but three disciples had arranged it. The Monkey King, the great disciple, was crushed by the Buddha for 500 years after making a scene in Heaven, and was rescued by the Tang Priest. He immediately worshipped the Tang Priest four times and called him a teacher. Later, I met Zhu Bajie in Gaolaozhuang. When Pig Bajie learned that Tang Priest was a monk, he asked him to hold a high incense table, kneel down and worship Tang Priest three times, and worship the elder brother the Monkey King.

But when Xiao Bailong appeared in the original work, Guanyin turned it into white, and gave it to the Monkey King to lead Bai to see Tang Sanzang, so Xiao Bailong didn't pay homage to Tang Priest or even have a conversation with Tang Priest.

Second, the little white dragon was named Tang Yan without sorting. It wasn't long before Guanyin met the Monkey King, so he turned the little white dragon into a white dragon and gave it to the Tang Priest. Therefore, the little white dragon appeared in the Buddhist scriptures much earlier than Pig Bajie and Friar Sand, but Tang Priest still called him when introducing Pig Bajie. My second apprentice? It can be seen that Xiaobailong did not participate in the sorting.

Moreover, the Tang Priest named his three disciples Wukong, Wuneng and Wukong respectively, which was a public admission that they were his disciples. However, from beginning to end, Tang Yan did not call the roll, that is to say, Tang Yan never took Xiaobailong as an apprentice.

Third, there is no little white dragon in the Buddhist scriptures team. Although Xiaobailong has become a bodhisattva after learning the scriptures, the learning team has always claimed that there are four disciples, namely Tang Yan and his three disciples, and there is no place for Xiaobailong. Therefore, both inside and outside the Buddhist scriptures, Xiaobailong has always been regarded as a spiritual foot, not as a member of the Buddhist scriptures, and not as a disciple of Tang Yan.