Gar Tongtsen Yülsung

Gar Tongtsen Yülsung
Gar Tongtsen Yülsung
Tibetan name
Tibetan	མགར་སྟོང་བཙན་ཡུལ་སྲུང
Transcriptions Wylie mgar stong btsan yul srung THDL gar tong tsen yül sung

Gar Tongtsen Yülsung (Wylie: mgar stong btsan yul srung, 590-667) was a general of the Tibetan Empire who served as Great Minister (Tibetan: བློན་ཆེན་, THL: lönchen) during the reign of Songtsän Gampo. In many Chinese records, his name was given as Lù Dōngzàn (Chinese: 祿東贊) or Lùn Dōngzàn (Chinese: 論東贊); both are attempts to transliterate the short form of his title and name, Lön Tongtsen.

Family

Gar Tongtsen had five sons, all of them were famous Tibetan generals:

1. Gar Tsenye Dompu (Wylie: mgar btsan snya ldom pu)
2. Gar Trinring Tsendro (Wylie: mgar khri 'bring brtan brod), also known as Lon Trinring (Wylie: blon khri 'bring) and Lùn Qīnlíng (Chinese: 論欽陵)
3. Gar Tsenba (Wylie: mgar btan-ba)
4. Gar Tagu Risum (Wylie: mgar sta gu ri sum)
5. Gar Tsenyen Gungton (Wylie: mgar btsan nyan gung rton)

Political offices
Preceded by Khyungpo Pungse Sutse	Lönchen of Tibet 652 – 659?	Succeeded by Omade Lotsen
Preceded by Omade Lotsen	Lönchen of Tibet 661 – 667	Succeeded by zhang lön tra mo (regent)