The Records of The Lord of Tibet

The Records of the Lord of Tibet (Xi Zang Wang Chen Ji in Chinese) is a historical book about Tibetan history,written by Awang Losangatso,the fifth Dalai Lama in 1643,and was translated into Chinese by Guo Heqing.

Awang Rosanjiazuo was elected as reincarnation in 1622 and considered the fifth Dalai Lama,who consolidated Huang branch of Buddhism as the dominant religion in Tibet.In his later years,he wrote a lot of books,such as The Records of the Lord of Tibet,The Second Theory of Leading the Great sadness,and so on.(https://www.daowen.com)

The Records of the Lord of Tibet,including 26 chapters,mainly describes the historical events of Tibetan dynasties from ancient times to the times in which the author lived,especially the events about famous kings,such as SongzainGambo,Chisong Dêzain,and so on.The book also describes the origin of Buddhism,the origin of Tibetan Buddhism as well.

This historical book has a profound style of writing and abundant historical data,which has an important influence on later generations,especially for the study of Tibetan history.