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<p>This brief article traces a Ming mission to Tibet and Nepal in 1413 by looking at several primary sources. During the mission, the envoy, Hou Hsien, had audience with Tsongkhapa (tsong kha pa), in response to which the latter sent his disciple Shakya Yeshé (shAkya ye shes) to the Ming court. Hou Hsien also met with the 5th Karmapa, Deshin shegpa (de bzhin gshegs pa). (Ben Deitle 2006-01-25)</p>
<p>The article looks at the complex relationships established between Tibet and China during the early Ming dynasty. The Chinese and the Tibetans were involved in governmental dialogue, as well as a good deal of trade and commerce. (Mark Premo-Hopkins 2004-04-20)</p>
<p>The <em>Journal of the Tibet Society</em> is a scholarly periodical devoted to all areas of research on Tibet and regions influenced by Tibetan culture, including the arts, astronomy, geography, history, linguistics, medicine, philosophy, religion, the social sciences, and other subjects. The Journal includes articles in English, French, German, and Tibetan. JTS is published by the Tibet Society, which previously published the <em>Tibet Society Newsletter</em> (1967-8) and then the <em>Tibet Society Bulletin</em> (1969-80). (Ben Deitle 2005-11-15)</p>
<p>This is the fifth issue of the Journal of the Tibet Society, published in 1985. Edited by Elliot Sperling, the issue features articles by Michael M. Broido, Eva K. Dargyay, and Todd Gibson, as well as book reviews. (Ben Deitle 2005-16-05)</p>
<p>This is the sixth issue of the Journal of the Tibet Society, published in 1986. Edited by Elliot Sperling, the issue features articles by Siegbert Hummel, David P. Jackson, Michael Walter, and Amy Heller, as well as book reviews. (Ben Deitle 2005-16-05)</p>
<p>This is the seventh issue of the Journal of the Tibet Society, published in 1987. Edited by Elliot Sperling, the issue features articles by Christopher I. Beckwith, Dan Martin, Elliot Sperling, and Alex Wayman. (Ben Deitle 2005-16-05)</p>
<p>This is the eighth issue of the Journal of the Tibet Society, published in 1988. Edited by Elliot Sperling, the issue features articles by Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and Pieter C. Verhagan, as well as book reviews. (Ben Deitle 2005-16-05)</p>
<p>This article explores the relationship between the Tangut court and Tibetan lamas, particularly those of various Kagyü (<em>bka' brgyud</em>) orders. Toward the end of the Tangut Empire's existence, Tibetans held the post of "imperial preceptor" at the Tangut court. Sperling argues that this early example influenced later conceptions of the lama-patron relationship. Even after the Tangut state fell to the Mongols under Qubilai, several Kagyü lamas successfully transitioned into the Mongol court, even while Sakya lamas held the highest positions therein. Passages cited from Tibetan sources are presented in their original language at the end of the article. (Ben Deitle 2006-02-02)</p>
<p><strong>Creator's Description</strong>: Si tu chos kyi 'byung gnas's (1699/1700-1774) history of the Karma bka' brgyud pa is a vital source for the history of his subsect and for Tibetan history from the beginnings of the subsect up through the late eighteenth century. His historical writing is particularly significant, for in delineating the place of the Karma bka' brgyud pa in the Inner Asian world, he described a significant aspect of the relations that powerful rulers beyond Tibet's borders entertained with important Tibetan Buddhist teachers and leaders. These relations were rooted in perceptions of power, political and esoteric. However, with the triumph of the Dge lugs pa sect its scholars created an historical tradition that let that story pass unmentioned. Si tu, writing in a time of turbulence and Dge lugs pa ascendancy, stood against this politically inspired historical amnesia and helped preserve a crucial element of our understanding of Tibet's past. (2013-07-01)</p>
<p>A review by Elliot Sperling of J. Kolmaš, ed., <em>Chinese Studies on Tibetan Culture</em>.</p>
<p>A review by Elliot Sperling of Ngapo Ngawang Jigmei, et al., <em>Tibet</em>.</p>
<p><strong>Creator's Description</strong>: The Thirteenth Dalai Lama's flight from Lhasa in 1904, his sojourn in Mongolia and his reception at the Qing court in Beijing are fairly well known. Less well studied is his stay at Wutai Shan in 1908. But that episode in his wanderings is particularly interesting. In examining it we come across a number of accounts in Tibetan and other languages that refer to the Dalai Lama's encounters with western diplomats and others at Wutai Shan. These accounts cast light on the Dalai Lama's developing understanding of the larger world of international politics and of his place within that world. They also provide insight into the way Wutai Shan, a Buddhist pilgrimage site, provided the Dalai Lama with an optimal place from which to entertain such contacts in an environment in which he was a figure of authority. (2011-12-31)</p>