Tang–Tibet Treaty Inscription

The Tang - Tibetan Empire Treaty Inscription (Tibetan: གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་མདུན་གྱི་རྡོ་རིངས་, Wylie: gtsug lag khang mdun gyi rdo rings; simplified Chinese: 唐蕃会盟碑; traditional Chinese: 唐蕃會盟碑; pinyin: Táng-Bō Huìméng Bēi) is a stone pillar standing outside the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The inscription is written in both Tibetan and Classical Chinese, concerning the Changqing Treaty between the Tibetan Empire and Tang Empire in A.D. 821/823. Amy Heller's book Tibetan Art describes it as one of the most important treaties between the Tang and Tibetan Empire. Inscription states the relationship of Tang and Tibetan Empire as uncle and nephew of same family.



Chinese name
Traditional Chinese唐蕃會盟碑
Simplified Chinese唐蕃会盟碑
Literal meaningTang-Tibet Alliance Monument
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTáng-Bō Huìméng Bēi
Tibetan name
Tibetan གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་མདུན་གྱི་རྡོ་རིངས་
Literal meaningThe stele in front of the Jokhang Temple
Transcriptions
Wyliegtsug lag khang mdun gyi rdo rings
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