zhang Legs bzang

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

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

zhang 

Period of activity 

VIIIth century? 

IXth century? 

Biographical data 

In a Sheep year [c. 791?*] zhang Legs sum brtsan, blon rGyal bzang** and zhang Legs bzang gathered the winter assembly of Kva chu khrom at Tsheg pe'u (PT 1079 l. 4 ). 

Zhang Legs bzang was a contemporary of blon lHa bzher*** and zhang sTag rma g.yu gong**** in a Dragon year [836? 848?*] (ms. ITJ 1126 l. 1). 

The nang rje po zhang Legs bzang was a contemporary of rTon kong***** (ms. PT 1169). 

Titles 

zhang (ms. ITJ 1126 l. 1, PT 1079 l. 4, PT 1169, PT 1127). 

nang rje po (ms. PT 1169, PT 1127). 

Notes 

[Another?] "Legs bzang" was a contemporary of the zhal che pa sTag bzang ci tam, Legs stsan, Lu syang do .... ms. PT 1094 l. 12. 

See also mention of "Legs bzang" in ms. PT 1175. 

See transl. of ms. PT 1079 in Richardson 1991. 

*Concerning ms. PT 1079, C. Scherrer-Schaub (2007 p. 273) suggests a terminus post quem in 794. However, S. van Schaik (2012, p. 430) dates ms. ITJ 1126 from the mid IXth century. Since these two manuscripts could be separated by more than half a century, there may more than one zhang Legs bzang. 

** See rGyal bzang 'dus kong? 

***A Rlang lHa bzher is mentioned in ms. Or.15000/486 

**** See 'Bro g.Yu gong? 

***** See Rong spo rTon kong?