Nanam Shang Gyaltsen Lhanang
| Nanam Shang Gyaltsen Lhanang | |||||||
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| Tibetan | སྣ་ནམ་ཞང་རྒྱལ་ཚན་ལྷ་སྣང | ||||||
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| Wylie | sna nam zhang rgyal tshan lha snang |
| THDL | na nam zhang gyel tsen lha nang |
Nanam Shang Gyaltsen Lhanang (Tibetan: སྣ་ནམ་ཞང་རྒྱལ་ཚན་ལྷ་སྣང, ? – 796), also known as Shang Gyaltsen, was a famous general of the Tibetan Empire. In Chinese records, his name was given as Shàng Jiézàn (Chinese: 尚結贊).
Shang Gyaltsen was born and raised in Nanam clan. The famous Dharma king, Trisong Detsen, was his nephew. After a long-term conflict against the Tang China, Trisong Detsen tended to sign a peace treaty with Chinese. But two high generals, Chimshang Gyalsig Shuteng and Nganlam Takdra Lukhong, strongly opposed to the proposal. Only Shang Gyaltsen supported the king. The king dismissed two generals from their posts, and appointed Shang Gyaltsen as "Great Minister" (Tibetan: བློན་ཆེན, Wylie: blon chen). Shang Gyaltsen went to Tang China in 783, to meet with Chinese general Zhang Yi, and swore an oath of friendship between the two states.
China fell into civil war in the next year. The Chinese capital Chang'an was occupied by Zhu Ci, one of a Chinese rebellion army leaders. Shang Gyaltsen sent a mission to China, suggested that China could request Tibetan reinforcements for help. The Chinese emperor Dezong had to take his suggestion, and promised to cede Beiting and Anxi in return. Shang Gyaltsen sent 20 thousand men to help Tang China, but before they reached Chang'an, Zhu Ci was killed by his general and the rebellion was quickly put down.
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