Gar Tongtsen Yülsung

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Gar Tongtsen Yülsung
Mgar stong-btsan yul-srung.PNG
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 btan-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 Lönchen of Tibet
652 – 659?
Succeeded by
Omade Lotsen
Preceded by Lönchen of Tibet
661 – 667
Succeeded by
zhang lön tra mo (regent)