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KingdomofRinspungsandRinspungsparulers
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reasontomentionthenamesoflaterPhagdrusdesrids.Also,Czajastatesthat
ShakyaRinchen,thebrotherofShakyargyalmtshan,heldpowerofthesdesrid
forseveralmonthsorayear.52
InthehistoryoftheFifthDalaiLamaandintheannotationprovidedby
NorbrangOrgyan
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andShakabpa,bothofthesewritingsdrawapictureof
RinspungspowerasbeingthemaincauseofsocialinstabilityinCentralTibet
inthosedays.ShakabpacitesseveralreasonswhyRinspungs’powercollapsed.
TherstwasarevoltbytheministerZhingshagpa,chiefofBsamgrubrtse
rdzong,onceanequerryofRinspungspa.Thesecondwasfrequentattackson
TsangRongandotherareasaswellasthedestructionoftheRgyalbyedtshal
MonasteryofPadmadkarpo,whowasonceverykindtotheRinspungsfamily,
gratefulfortheirresolvingaconictwithPhagmogrupa.54Furthermore,inthe
NewRedAnnalsfrom1538byPa
n
chenBsodnamsgragspathereisanaccount
thattensionsstartedbetweenRinspungspaandPhagmogrupainCentral
Tibetinthebeginningofthe16thcentury.55Ontheotherhand,Ngagdbang’jig
gragsinhisworkdoesnotprovideinformationonanysuchactivitieseitherby
hisancestorsorbyhimselfthatcouldbringtheirpowertoanend.Onthecon-
trary,heclaimsthattheprosperityofRinspungspabecamelikesaltywater
forjealouspeoplewhoworkedundertheRinspungsrule;likeonceyoudrink
saltywaterthenthedesiretodrinkitincreases,andthereforetheRinspungs
powerfellapart.
Theauthoralsotalksabouthisreligiousactivitiesandthereligiousinclinations
ofhisfatherandbrotherandthegloryofthekingdom.Onlytwicehementions
confrontationwithenemies:oncewhentakingcontroloftheBsamgrubrtsepal-
ace,andagainwhenrestoringpowerafterdefeatinganenemy.RinspungsNgag
dbang’jiggragspatookcontrolofBsamdongrubpa’igzhalmedkhanginthe
sixthTibetanmonthof1547(Melug,FireSheepyear).IdonotthinkthatBsam
dongrubpa’igzhalmedkhangreferstoLhungrubrtserdzong,which-asisstated
inthehistoryofTibetbyShakabpa,theFifthDalaiLamaandBdod’jomsrin
poche-hadbeenconqueredbythebrotherofNgagdbang’jiggrags,calledDon
grubtshebrtanrdorje.TemplemaninhisarticlesaysthattheRinspungspawas
appointedasgovernorofGtsangin1548,56oneyearlaterthanNgagdbang’jig
gragsstatesastheyearinwhichBsamgrubrtsewasconquered.
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Czaja,2013:p.200.
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NorbrangOrgyan(ed.),1993:pp.392-393.
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Shakabpa,1976:pp.356-357.
Czaja,2013:p.251.
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Templeman,2012:p.67.In1557thereexistedthethreatof,andlateritactuallyeruptedinto,major
ghtingbetweentheRinspungspaandtheambitiousZhingshagpa,atthetimetheRinspungs
pagovernorofGtsang,appointedtothatpositionin1548.