Gar Tongtsen Yulsung

Gar Tongtsen Yulsung

Gar Tongtsen Yülsung
Tibetan name
Tibetan མགར་སྟོང་བཙན་ཡུལ་སྲུང

Gar Tongtsen Yülsung (Wylie: mgar stong btsan yul srung , 590-667) was a general of the Tibetan Empire who served as Great Minister (Tibetan: བློན་ཆེན་, THL: lönchen ) during the reign of Songtsän 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.

Family

Gar Tongtsen had five sons, all of them were famous Tibetan generals:

  1. Gar Tsenye Dompu (Wylie: mgar btsan snya ldom pu )
  2. Gar Trinring Tsendro (Wylie: mgar khri 'bring brtan brod ), also known as Lon Trinring (Wylie: blon khri 'bring ) and Lùn Qīnlíng (Chinese: 論欽陵)
  3. Gar Tsenba (Wylie: mgar btsan-ba )
  4. Gar Tagu Risum (Wylie: mgar sta gu ri sum )
  5. Gar Tsenyen Gungton (Wylie: mgar btsan nyan gung rton )
Political offices
Preceded by
Khyungpo Pungse Sutse
Lönchen of Tibet
652 659?
Succeeded by
Omade Lotsen
Preceded by
Omade Lotsen
Lönchen of Tibet
661 667
Succeeded by
Shanglon Tromo (regent)
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