Gar Tongtsen Yulsung (Tibetan: མགར་སྟོང་བཙན་ཡུལ་སྲུང༌།, Wylie: mgar stong btsan yul srung; Chinese: 噶爾·東贊域松; 590-667) was a general of the Tibetan Empire who served as Lönchen during the reign of Songtsen Gampo. In many Chinese records, his name was given as Lù Dōngzàn (Chinese: 祿東贊) or Lùn Dōngzàn (Chinese: 論東贊); both are attempts to transliterate the short form of his title and name, Lön Tongtsen.
Tongtsen was dispatched to the Tang dynasty together with Dri Seru Gungton and Thonmi Sambhota in 640, requesting a marriage between the Tibetan emperor and a Tang princess. Taizong, the Tang emperor, agreed and married Princess Wencheng to Songtsen Gampo. Taizong appreciated his talent and promoted him to "Right Guard Senior General" (右衛大將軍), but was refused by him.
Later, the LönchenKhyungpo Pungse invited Songtsen came to visit his fief. Tongtsen was sent there to set up the emperor's camp, but found it was a conspiracy. Tongtsen fled stealthily and told the conspiracy to the emperor. After the death of Pungse, Tongtsen was appointed as Lönchen.
Songtsen Gampo died in 650, and Mangsong Mangtsen succeeded. Tongtsen acted as regent because Mangsong was an infant. During this period, Tongtsen carried out a tax reform in 653, conducted a census in 654, and made the first law of Tibet in 655. Relations between China and Tibet began to sour during this period. Tibet conquered glo po (Ngari) and rcang rgya (Tsang) in 652, and finally 'A-zha (which was called "Tuyunhun" by Chinese people) in 663. Tibet held over the whole of the Tibetan plateau, and tried to seize the Western Regions of Tang China.
Tongtsen left in 'A-zha to defend against Tang China, and was dismissed by Mangsong due to his age. Not long after his successor Omade Lotsen was executed because the "guilty of rebellion", and the position turned back to him. Six years later, he died of neck cancer on his way back to Lhasa.
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Gar Tongtsen had five sons, all of them were famous Tibetan generals:
tongtsen, yulsung, tibetan, མགར, བཙན, wylie, mgar, stong, btsan, srung, chinese, 噶爾, 東贊域松, general, tibetan, empire, served, lönchen, during, reign, songtsen, gampo, many, chinese, records, name, given, dōngzàn, chinese, 祿東贊, lùn, dōngzàn, chinese, 論東贊, both, . Gar Tongtsen Yulsung Tibetan མགར ས ང བཙན ཡ ལ ས ང Wylie mgar stong btsan yul srung Chinese 噶爾 東贊域松 590 667 was a general of the Tibetan Empire who served as Lonchen during the reign of Songtsen Gampo In many Chinese records his name was given as Lu Dōngzan Chinese 祿東贊 or Lun Dōngzan Chinese 論東贊 both are attempts to transliterate the short form of his title and name Lon Tongtsen Gar Tongtsen YulsungGar Tongtsen YulsungTibetan nameTibetanམགར ས ང བཙན ཡ ལ ས ངTranscriptionsWyliemgar stong btsan yul srungTHLgar tong tsen yul sungCareer editGar Tongtsen was born into the Gar clan an important Tibetan family based in modern Maizhokunggar County According to Clear Mirror on Royal Genealogy Tongtsen was dispatched as envoys to Licchavi Kingdom in modern Nepal together with Thonmi Sambhota by the emperor Songtsen Gampo Amshuverma who was the ruler of Licchavi married Princess Bhrikuti to Songtsen Gampo But the historicity of the princess is not certain because no reference to her has been found among the documents discovered at Dunhuang Tongtsen was dispatched to the Tang dynasty together with Dri Seru Gungton and Thonmi Sambhota in 640 requesting a marriage between the Tibetan emperor and a Tang princess Taizong the Tang emperor agreed and married Princess Wencheng to Songtsen Gampo Taizong appreciated his talent and promoted him to Right Guard Senior General 右衛大將軍 but was refused by him Later the Lonchen Khyungpo Pungse invited Songtsen came to visit his fief Tongtsen was sent there to set up the emperor s camp but found it was a conspiracy Tongtsen fled stealthily and told the conspiracy to the emperor After the death of Pungse Tongtsen was appointed as Lonchen Songtsen Gampo died in 650 and Mangsong Mangtsen succeeded Tongtsen acted as regent because Mangsong was an infant During this period Tongtsen carried out a tax reform in 653 conducted a census in 654 and made the first law of Tibet in 655 Relations between China and Tibet began to sour during this period Tibet conquered glo po Ngari and rcang rgya Tsang in 652 and finally A zha which was called Tuyunhun by Chinese people in 663 Tibet held over the whole of the Tibetan plateau and tried to seize the Western Regions of Tang China Tongtsen left in A zha to defend against Tang China and was dismissed by Mangsong due to his age Not long after his successor Omade Lotsen was executed because the guilty of rebellion and the position turned back to him Six years later he died of neck cancer on his way back to Lhasa Family editGar Tongtsen had five sons all of them were famous Tibetan generals Gar Tsenye Dompu Wylie mgar btsan snya ldom pu Gar Trinring Tsendro Wylie mgar khri bring brtan brod also known as Lon Trinring Wylie blon khri bring and Lun Qinling Chinese 論欽陵 Gar Tsenba Wylie mgar btsan ba Gar Tagu Risum Wylie mgar sta gu ri sum Gar Tsenyen Gungton Wylie mgar btsan nyan gung rton References edit in English and Standard Tibetan Old Tibetan Chronicle P T 1287 in Chinese New Book of Tang vol 230 Political offices Preceded byKhyungpo Pungse Sutse Lonchen of Tibet652 659 Succeeded byOmade Lotsen Preceded byOmade Lotsen Lonchen of Tibet661 667 Succeeded byShanglon Tromo acting Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gar Tongtsen Yulsung amp oldid 1188742003, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
