Annals of Ü-Tsang

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The annals of Ü-Tsang ( Chinese  衛 藏 通誌  /  卫 藏 通志 , Pinyin Wèizàng tōngzhì / Wèi-Zàng tōngzhì ) are a Chinese work on history that was completed in the 2nd year of the Jiaqing era (1797) of the Qing dynasty Tibet ( Ü-Tsang ). It consists of sixteen chapters ( juan ) and an introductory chapter ( shou ), and covers many topics such as geography, traffic, border defense, population, religion and the like. a. Its author is generally considered to be Song Yun松筠 (1754–1835), a native Mongol from the Blue Banner. The work was first printed in the 21st year of the Guangxu Era (1895).

With its comprehensive information on Tibetan history, culture, geography as well as politics, military, economy and finances of the Qing government in Tibet, it is an important source work of the Kangxi , Yongzheng and Qianlong periods for Tibetology .

The work also contains inscriptions, such as those of the stelae Tang Bo huimeng bei ( Tang Dynasty - Tubo Dynasty - Alliance Meeting - Memorial Plaque, in front of Jokhang Monastery ), Kangxi yuzhi Pingding Xizang bei (Stele for the pacification of Tibet by Emperor Kangxi , in front of the main gate of the Potala Palace ), Qianlong yuzhi Shiquan ji bei ( stele to record the ten perfections ( Shiquan ji ) of Emperor Qianlong , in front of the Potala Palace), and other inscriptions.

expenditure

• Jianxi cunshe 漸 西 村舍 (1896)
• Lhasa: Xizang yanjiu bianjibu 1982

literature

reference books

• Cihai ("Sea of ​​Words"), Shanghai cishu chubanshe, Shanghai 2002, ISBN 7-5326-0839-5

See also

• Ü-Tsang
• Ten victorious campaigns
• Gurkha campaigns 1791-92
• Hening和 寧 (d. 1821)
• Djungarian Khanate
• Xizangtushuo西藏 圖 說

Web links

• Comments on the Author of Wei Zang Tong Zhi
• Lun Song Yuan de zhi bian sixiang ji qiji gongji / On Song Yun's Thoughts and Contributions of Governing Border Area - Chinese / English
• Weizang tongzhi (by Wang Furen)
• Chinese Maps and Prints on the Tibet-Gorkha War of 1791-92 (L. Boulnois, Paris) (PDF; 746 kB)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ cf. wanfangdata.com: Compiling and Spreading of Weizang Annals (found on May 10, 2010).
2. ↑ Cihai , p. 1758a; 1896 according to catalogue.nla.gov.au .
3. ↑ chin. 康熙 御 制 平定 西藏 碑 ( Memento from May 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ chin. 乾隆 御 制 十全 记 碑 ( Memento from May 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ With the record of the ten perfections ( Shiquan ji十全 记), the ten victorious campaigns or ten complete military victories ( Chinese  十全 武功 , Pinyin Shiquan wugong , English Ten Complete Military Victories / Ten Great Campaigns ) are meant, a generic term for the Ten Great Campaigns in the era of Emperor Qianlong (r. 1735–1795) of the Qing Dynasty in the Chinese Empire of the Manchu .
6. ↑ In the 22nd year of the Guangxu era of the Qing Dynasty .