Rinchen Gyeltshen (Imperial teacher, 1238)
Rinchen Gyeltshen (Tibetan Rin chen rgyal mtshan; Chinese 仁钦 坚赞 （亦 邻 真） , Pinyin Renqin Jianzan (Yilinzhen) ) (* 1238 ; † 1279 ) was a half-brother of Phagpa . From 1267 to 1275 he was head of the Sakya School of Tibetan Buddhism . From 1276 to 1279 he was the imperial teacher ( dishi / ti shri ) of the Mongol emperor Shizu ( Kublai Khan ). As Phagpa's successor, he was the second person in this post of the central government's highest monk official for Buddhist affairs.
literature
- Naihui Ma: Documents and Illustrations on the Social History of Tibet, China . 五洲 传播 出版社, 1995, ISBN 978-7-80113-026-6 , pp. 19 ( limited preview in Google Book Search - Chinese in Google Book Search).
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ drogmi.org: Throneholders of Sakya ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 19, 2009)
- ↑ Naihui Ma: documents and illustrations on the social history of Tibet, China . 五洲 传播 出版社, 1995, ISBN 978-7-80113-026-6 , pp. 19 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rinchen Gyeltshen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 仁钦 坚赞 （亦 邻 真） (Chinese); Rin chen rgyal mtshan (Tibetan) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Imperial teacher (dishi) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1238 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1279 |