zhang sTong rtsan

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

sTong rtsan (ms. Or 8212.187 l. 13, 21, 26, 30-31, 35, 37, 44, 51, 53, 61) 

sTong stsan (ms. Or 8212.187 l. 86) 

sDong stsan (ms. Or 8212.187 l. 74, 83) 

sDong rtsan (ms. Or 8212.187 l. 67) 

Social groups (status, family, lineage...) 

'Bro family? 

zhang 

Period of activity 

VIIIth century 

Reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan 

Biographical data 

Zhang sTong rtsan and blon [minister] [mGos] Khri bzang [yab lag] sacked the fortress of Te'u cu [in Sheep year 755] (ms. Or 8212.187 l. 13). 

Zhang sTong rtsan, blon Khri bzang, and [the Myva king] Kag la bong sacked Se cu [in Monkey year 756] (ms. Or 8212.187 l. 21-22). 

Zhang sTong rtsan and blon Mang rtsan gathered the mDo smad summer assembly [in 757] (ms. Or 8212.187 l. 21-22). 

Zhang sTong rtsan gathered the summer assembly [in 758] (ms. Or 8212.187 l. 30-31). 

Zhang sTong rtsan and blon Khri bzang went in 'A zha land [in Hog year 759] (ms. Or 8212.187 l. 35-36). 

In the winter [of Hog year 759-760], zhang sTong rtsan, blon Khri bzang, and zhang bTsan ba conquered Tsong ka chu ngu (ms. Or 8212.187 l. 37-38). 

In winter [761-762], zhang sTong rtsan conquered Zangs kar and Zong cu (ms. Or 8212.187 l. 44). 

[In Tiger year 762-763,] zhang sTong rtsan and zhang rGyal zigs crossed the iron bridge of Bum ling and defeated the chinese garrisons of 'Bu shing kun, Zin cu, Ga cu and others. 

In Tiger year [762-763], zhang sTong rtsan, zhang rGyal zigs, blon [Ngan lam] sTag sgra [klu khong], zhang bTsan ba and others led a military campaign in China and conquered Keng shi (ms. Or 8212.187 l. 51-54, 81-85). 

Zhang sTong rtsan was rewarded with the g.yu'i yi ge (turquoise insignia) and promoted to the rank of so mtha bzhi dmag pon (ms. Or 8212.187 l. 61). 

Titles 

zhang (ms. Or 8212.187 l. 13,, 21, 26, 30, 35, 37, 44, 51, 53, 74, 83, 86) 

so mtha bzhi dmag pon (ms. Or 8212.187 l. 61) 

Notes 

Other zhang contemporary to sTong rtsan include : mChims zhang rGyal zigs shu teng, [mChims?] zhang mDo zher, and ['Bro ?] zhang bTsan ba (see Demiéville 1987ed p. 290-306). Thus, zhang sTong rtsan's rus may have been mChims, 'Bro or possibly sNa nam since Khri Srong lde btsan's mother was sNa nam za' Mang mo rje bzhi steng.

Blon po bka' thang III  mentions a 'Bro sKyes bzang ldong btsan (= stong rtsan? see bKa' thang sde lnga 1997 ed. p. 437).