Like how Tien fought against Goku, Erlang Shen was also known for fiercely combating the original Son Goku/Sun Wukong in order to subdue him during his prequel tale before the journey west, which was overall both Tien and the Three-Eyed People's likely inspiration.

Tien is loosely based on Erlang Shen from Journey to the West, a three-eyed taoist deity who first appears as an adversary of Sun Wukong, later becoming his ally and rival. Tien Shinhan is one of the strongest humans on Earth in the series.

Tenshinhan, also known as Tien, is one of the Earth's fighters from Universe 9. Just like Kulilin and Yamcha from their universe, he managed to help defeat the following threats from the main universe.

Tien Shinhan (天 テン 津 シン 飯 ハン or 天 てん 津 しん 飯 はん, Tenshinhan) is a disciplined, reclusive and heavily devoted martial artist, and one of the strongest Earthlings within the Dragon Ball universe. He also possesses a few non-human …

Nov 20, 2021 · Tien Shinhan is based on Erlang, the only god to truly defeat Sun Wukong, which is why Tien is such a threat to young Goku. Goku’s martial arts teacher, Master Roshi, is based on the Buddho-Taoist Sage Subodhi who teaches Sun Wukong magic and the secret of immortality. Subodhi is based on Subhuti, a historical disciple of the Buddha. This is ...

Nov 20, 2021 · Tien Shinhan is based on Erlang, the only god to truly defeat Sun Wukong, which is why Tien is such a threat to young Goku. Goku’s martial arts teacher, Master Roshi , is based on the Buddho-Taoist Sage Subodhi who teaches Sun Wukong magic and the secret of …

Tien Shinhan is one of the strongest humans on Earth in the series. His power level is 180 [1] during the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament and is implied to have a strength that surpasses even that of Master Shen .

Tenshinhan (天津飯?), named Tien Shinhan in Funimation's English anime dub, is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama. He is introduced in chapter 113 The 22nd Tenka'ichi Budōkai (第22回天下一武道会, Dainijūnikai Tenkaichi Budōkai?), first published in Weekly Shōnen...

Tien Shinhan (天津飯, Tenshinhan) is heavily devoted to martial arts, reclusive and disciplined, Tien Shinhan is one of the strongest Humans within the Dragon Ball universe. He battles alongside the...

Tien Shinhan (天津飯, Tenshinhan), commonly just calledTien in the English dub of Dragon Ball Z, is a former antagonist and supporting protagonist in the Dragon Ballmanga and the anime series Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, also making a few minor appearances in Dragon Ball GT.