Dro Trisumje Taknang

Dro Trisumje Taknang (Tibetan: འབྲོ་ཁྲི་སུམ་རྗེ་སྟག་སྣང, Wylie: 'bro khri sum rje stag snang , ? – ?), also knoown as Shang Trisumje, was a general of the Tibetan Empire. In Chinese records, his name was given as Shàng Qǐxīnr (Chinese: 尚綺心兒).

Born in Dro clan. his father Shang Tsenwa (ཞང་བཙན་བ), was also a famous general. Trisumje was appointed as "Great Minister" (Wylie: blo chen ) during Sadnalegs' reign. He defeated Abbasid Caliphate, conquered a large area in the Central Asia. Tibetans were active as far west as Samarkand and Kabul.

He led a number of troops invaded Tangut and Uyghur Khaganate in 815, nearly reached their capital, but he had to retreat because Sadnalegs died in the next year.

Tibet came into conflict with Tang China in 819. Trisumje led 150 thousands troops to siege Yanzhou (鹽州), but they were encountering stiff resistance. 27 days later, he had to retreat.

A Sino-Tibetan treaty was agreed on in 821. A Chinese missions came to Lhasa, to met with Tibetan generals, swore an oath of friendship between the two states. They erected three stone monuments in Chang'an, Lhasa and Sino-Tibetan border, with the full text of the treaty (both in Chinese and Tibetan) in it. The only remained pillar still stands outside the Jokhang temple in Lhasa today. According to the text, he was the second highest minister just after the monk minister, Dranga Palkye Yongten.

Dro Trisumje was a devout Buddhist. His prayers were found in Mogao Caves in the early 20th century.

References

• (English)(Tibetan)Old Tibetan Chronicle, P.T. 1287
• (simplified Chinese)New Book of Tang, vol. 230