Rethinking the Central Political Official System of the Medieval Tibetan Empire: Mistaken Interpretations of the "Monograph of the Tubo" of the New History of the Tang

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Title:	Rethinking the Central Political Official System of the Medieval Tibetan Empire: Mistaken Interpretations of the "Monograph of the Tubo" of the New History of the Tang
Authors:	Lin, KC (Lin, Kuan-chun)
Contributors:	史學系
Date:	2009-03
Issue Date:	2011-12-07 12:59:25 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	The "Monograph of the Tubo" of the New History of the Tang mentions a Tibetan central political official system named as zhang lon ched po dgu. It is described as a political system with nine officials. Throughout the ages, scholars and historians have considered this to be the explanation for the rise of the Tibetan central political official system and very few doubts have been voiced about its veracity. Only Sato Hisashi has questioned this and stated that it actually,might constitute an early official system of the Tubo. The Brief History of Tibet edited by the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Chinese Academy of Social Science argued that it is the title of the Tibetan prime minister, and provided no further detailed explanation. The vast majority of historians have accepted the records of the "Monograph of the Tubo" of the New History of the Tang as a foundation for further analysis. The author has compared the Account of Tibetan Documents from Dunhuang (shog dril yig rigs), Tibetan manuscripts (rdo ring), archival data (khram), Feast of Scholars (mKhas pa'i dga' ston), as well as the Chinese textual records. After extensive comparative study, this paper has found that "Nine Ministers" (zhang blon ched po dgu) is the general title for the Cabinet Ministers, which started at the eighth century. All the "Nine Ministers" are the members of Cabinet Ministers (chab srid kyi blon po chen po bka' la gtogs pa). The records of "Monograph of the Tubo" of the New History of the Tang were interpreted in a biased way. In this paper, the author provides reasons for this inaccuracy and rectifies this error by placing the document in its proper historical context.
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