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What years did Zhu Yuanzhang rule as the Hongwu Emperor?
<text>What years did Zhu Yuanzhang rule as the Hongwu Emperor?</text><reasoning>In 1368, a Han Chinese revolt known as the Red Turban Rebellion toppled the Mongol Yuan dynasty in China. Zhu Yuanzhang then established the Ming dynasty, ruling as the Hongwu Emperor (r. 1368–1398). It is not clear how much the early Ming ...
Who did the Hongwu Emperor send convoys to?
<text>Who did the Hongwu Emperor send convoys to?</text><reasoning>In 1368, a Han Chinese revolt known as the Red Turban Rebellion toppled the Mongol Yuan dynasty in China. Zhu Yuanzhang then established the Ming dynasty, ruling as the Hongwu Emperor (r. 1368–1398). It is not clear how much the early Ming court underst...
Who did the Ming appoint titles to?
<text>Who did the Ming appoint titles to?</text><reasoning>Laird writes that the Ming appointed titles to eastern Tibetan princes, and that "these alliances with eastern Tibetan principalities are the evidence China now produces for its assertion that the Ming ruled Tibet," despite the fact that the Ming did not send a...
What didn't the Ming send to replace the Mongols when they left Tibet?
<text>What didn't the Ming send to replace the Mongols when they left Tibet?</text><reasoning>Laird writes that the Ming appointed titles to eastern Tibetan princes, and that "these alliances with eastern Tibetan principalities are the evidence China now produces for its assertion that the Ming ruled Tibet," despite th...
What was the name of the Tibetologist?
<text>What was the name of the Tibetologist?</text><reasoning>According to Tibetologist John Powers, Tibetan sources counter this narrative of titles granted by the Chinese to Tibetans with various titles which the Tibetans gave to the Chinese emperors and their officials. Tribute missions from Tibetan monasteries to t...
Who did the Ming emperors send invitations to?
<text>Who did the Ming emperors send invitations to?</text><reasoning>According to Tibetologist John Powers, Tibetan sources counter this narrative of titles granted by the Chinese to Tibetans with various titles which the Tibetans gave to the Chinese emperors and their officials. Tribute missions from Tibetan monaster...
When the lamas received an invite from the emperors, who did they send instead?
<text>When the lamas received an invite from the emperors, who did they send instead?</text><reasoning>According to Tibetologist John Powers, Tibetan sources counter this narrative of titles granted by the Chinese to Tibetans with various titles which the Tibetans gave to the Chinese emperors and their officials. Tribu...
When did Kublai Khan conquer the song dynasty?
<text>When did Kublai Khan conquer the song dynasty?</text><reasoning>Kublai Khan did not conquer the Song dynasty in South China until 1279, so Tibet was a component of the early Mongol Empire before it was combined into one of its descendant empires with the whole of China under the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). Van Praa...
When did the Yuan dynasty rule?
<text>When did the Yuan dynasty rule?</text><reasoning>Kublai Khan did not conquer the Song dynasty in South China until 1279, so Tibet was a component of the early Mongol Empire before it was combined into one of its descendant empires with the whole of China under the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). Van Praag writes that t...
Which dynasty ruled all of china?
<text>Which dynasty ruled all of china?</text><reasoning>Kublai Khan did not conquer the Song dynasty in South China until 1279, so Tibet was a component of the early Mongol Empire before it was combined into one of its descendant empires with the whole of China under the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). Van Praag writes that...
What did Khubilai claim for a while?
<text>What did Khubilai claim for a while?</text><reasoning>Kublai Khan did not conquer the Song dynasty in South China until 1279, so Tibet was a component of the early Mongol Empire before it was combined into one of its descendant empires with the whole of China under the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). Van Praag writes t...
Where did Khubilai seek support as Emperor?
<text>Where did Khubilai seek support as Emperor?</text><reasoning>Kublai Khan did not conquer the Song dynasty in South China until 1279, so Tibet was a component of the early Mongol Empire before it was combined into one of its descendant empires with the whole of China under the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). Van Praag w...
What years did the Qing dynasty rule?
<text>What years did the Qing dynasty rule?</text><reasoning>According to the official Twenty-Four Histories, the History of Ming compiled in 1739 by the subsequent Qing dynasty (1644–1912), the Ming dynasty established the "É-Lì-Sī Army-Civilian Marshal Office" (Chinese: 俄力思軍民元帥府) in western Tibet and installed the "Ü...
what year was the history of Ming produced?
<text>what year was the history of Ming produced?</text><reasoning>According to the official Twenty-Four Histories, the History of Ming compiled in 1739 by the subsequent Qing dynasty (1644–1912), the Ming dynasty established the "É-Lì-Sī Army-Civilian Marshal Office" (Chinese: 俄力思軍民元帥府) in western Tibet and installed ...
What did the Ming dynasty create?
<text>What did the Ming dynasty create?</text><reasoning>According to the official Twenty-Four Histories, the History of Ming compiled in 1739 by the subsequent Qing dynasty (1644–1912), the Ming dynasty established the "É-Lì-Sī Army-Civilian Marshal Office" (Chinese: 俄力思軍民元帥府) in western Tibet and installed the "Ü-Tsa...
How many Qianhu offices were there?
<text>How many Qianhu offices were there?</text><reasoning>According to the official Twenty-Four Histories, the History of Ming compiled in 1739 by the subsequent Qing dynasty (1644–1912), the Ming dynasty established the "É-Lì-Sī Army-Civilian Marshal Office" (Chinese: 俄力思軍民元帥府) in western Tibet and installed the "Ü-T...
where was the É-Lì-Sī Army-Civilian Marshal Office established?
<text>where was the É-Lì-Sī Army-Civilian Marshal Office established?</text><reasoning>According to the official Twenty-Four Histories, the History of Ming compiled in 1739 by the subsequent Qing dynasty (1644–1912), the Ming dynasty established the "É-Lì-Sī Army-Civilian Marshal Office" (Chinese: 俄力思軍民元帥府) in western ...
Who did the Gelug exchange gifts with?
<text>Who did the Gelug exchange gifts with?</text><reasoning>Even though the Gelug exchanged gifts with and sent missions to the Ming court up until the 1430s, the Gelug was not mentioned in the Mingshi or the Mingshi Lu. On this, historian Li Tieh-tseng says of Tsongkhapa's refusal of Ming invitations to visit the Yo...
Until what year frame did the Gelug exchange gifts with the the Ming?
<text>Until what year frame did the Gelug exchange gifts with the the Ming?</text><reasoning>Even though the Gelug exchanged gifts with and sent missions to the Ming court up until the 1430s, the Gelug was not mentioned in the Mingshi or the Mingshi Lu. On this, historian Li Tieh-tseng says of Tsongkhapa's refusal of M...
What was the Gelug not mentioned in?
<text>What was the Gelug not mentioned in?</text><reasoning>Even though the Gelug exchanged gifts with and sent missions to the Ming court up until the 1430s, the Gelug was not mentioned in the Mingshi or the Mingshi Lu. On this, historian Li Tieh-tseng says of Tsongkhapa's refusal of Ming invitations to visit the Yong...
who was a professor of the University of Washington?
<text>who was a professor of the University of Washington?</text><reasoning>The late Turrell V. Wylie, a former professor of the University of Washington, and Li Tieh-tseng argue that the reliability of the heavily censored History of Ming as a credible source on Sino-Tibetan relations is questionable, in the light of ...
Who believed that Tibet barely had any diplomatic relations with the Ming?
<text>Who believed that Tibet barely had any diplomatic relations with the Ming?</text><reasoning>The late Turrell V. Wylie, a former professor of the University of Washington, and Li Tieh-tseng argue that the reliability of the heavily censored History of Ming as a credible source on Sino-Tibetan relations is question...
Who lost their power over Tibet?
<text>Who lost their power over Tibet?</text><reasoning>Dreyfus writes that after the Phagmodrupa lost its centralizing power over Tibet in 1434, several attempts by other families to establish hegemonies failed over the next two centuries until 1642 with the 5th Dalai Lama's effective hegemony over Tibet.</reasoning><...
What year did the Phagmodrupa lose their power over Tibet?
<text>What year did the Phagmodrupa lose their power over Tibet?</text><reasoning>Dreyfus writes that after the Phagmodrupa lost its centralizing power over Tibet in 1434, several attempts by other families to establish hegemonies failed over the next two centuries until 1642 with the 5th Dalai Lama's effective hegemon...
What year did the 5th Dalai lama start to dominate over Tibet?
<text>What year did the 5th Dalai lama start to dominate over Tibet?</text><reasoning>Dreyfus writes that after the Phagmodrupa lost its centralizing power over Tibet in 1434, several attempts by other families to establish hegemonies failed over the next two centuries until 1642 with the 5th Dalai Lama's effective heg...
What did the other families fail to establish?
<text>What did the other families fail to establish?</text><reasoning>Dreyfus writes that after the Phagmodrupa lost its centralizing power over Tibet in 1434, several attempts by other families to establish hegemonies failed over the next two centuries until 1642 with the 5th Dalai Lama's effective hegemony over Tibet...
The Ming Dynasty granted what titles to lamas of schools?
<text>The Ming Dynasty granted what titles to lamas of schools?</text><reasoning>The Ming dynasty granted titles to lamas of schools such as the Karmapa Kargyu, but the latter had previously declined Mongol invitations to receive titles. When the Ming Yongle Emperor invited Je Tsongkhapa (1357–1419), founder of the Gel...
Who did the Ming Dynasty decline titles from after receiving invitations?
<text>Who did the Ming Dynasty decline titles from after receiving invitations?</text><reasoning>The Ming dynasty granted titles to lamas of schools such as the Karmapa Kargyu, but the latter had previously declined Mongol invitations to receive titles. When the Ming Yongle Emperor invited Je Tsongkhapa (1357–1419), fo...
Who was the founder of the Gelug school?
<text>Who was the founder of the Gelug school?</text><reasoning>The Ming dynasty granted titles to lamas of schools such as the Karmapa Kargyu, but the latter had previously declined Mongol invitations to receive titles. When the Ming Yongle Emperor invited Je Tsongkhapa (1357–1419), founder of the Gelug school, to com...
Who invited Je Tsongkhapa to come pay tribute?
<text>Who invited Je Tsongkhapa to come pay tribute?</text><reasoning>The Ming dynasty granted titles to lamas of schools such as the Karmapa Kargyu, but the latter had previously declined Mongol invitations to receive titles. When the Ming Yongle Emperor invited Je Tsongkhapa (1357–1419), founder of the Gelug school, ...
Who wrote the letter declining the Emperor's invitation?
<text>Who wrote the letter declining the Emperor's invitation?</text><reasoning>The Ming dynasty granted titles to lamas of schools such as the Karmapa Kargyu, but the latter had previously declined Mongol invitations to receive titles. When the Ming Yongle Emperor invited Je Tsongkhapa (1357–1419), founder of the Gelu...
What important trade did the Ming Dynasty have with Tibet?
<text>What important trade did the Ming Dynasty have with Tibet?</text><reasoning>Some scholars note that Tibetan leaders during the Ming frequently engaged in civil war and conducted their own foreign diplomacy with neighboring states such as Nepal. Some scholars underscore the commercial aspect of the Ming-Tibetan re...
During what years did the Mongol leader Kublai Khan rule?
<text>During what years did the Mongol leader Kublai Khan rule?</text><reasoning>Some scholars note that Tibetan leaders during the Ming frequently engaged in civil war and conducted their own foreign diplomacy with neighboring states such as Nepal. Some scholars underscore the commercial aspect of the Ming-Tibetan rel...
Who did the Yongle Emperor try to build a religious alliance with?
<text>Who did the Yongle Emperor try to build a religious alliance with?</text><reasoning>Some scholars note that Tibetan leaders during the Ming frequently engaged in civil war and conducted their own foreign diplomacy with neighboring states such as Nepal. Some scholars underscore the commercial aspect of the Ming-Ti...
Deshin Shekpa was the head of what school?
<text>Deshin Shekpa was the head of what school?</text><reasoning>Some scholars note that Tibetan leaders during the Ming frequently engaged in civil war and conducted their own foreign diplomacy with neighboring states such as Nepal. Some scholars underscore the commercial aspect of the Ming-Tibetan relationship, noti...
The Tibetan leaders had a diplomacy with what neighboring state?
<text>The Tibetan leaders had a diplomacy with what neighboring state?</text><reasoning>Some scholars note that Tibetan leaders during the Ming frequently engaged in civil war and conducted their own foreign diplomacy with neighboring states such as Nepal. Some scholars underscore the commercial aspect of the Ming-Tibe...
Who abolished the policy council?
<text>Who abolished the policy council?</text><reasoning>The official position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China is that the Ming implemented a policy of managing Tibet according to conventions and customs, granting titles and setting up administrative organs over Tibet. The State Cou...
What was the Tibetan leader Choskunskyabs appointed as?
<text>What was the Tibetan leader Choskunskyabs appointed as?</text><reasoning>The official position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China is that the Ming implemented a policy of managing Tibet according to conventions and customs, granting titles and setting up administrative organs o...
Who governed most areas of Tibet?
<text>Who governed most areas of Tibet?</text><reasoning>The official position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China is that the Ming implemented a policy of managing Tibet according to conventions and customs, granting titles and setting up administrative organs over Tibet. The State Cou...
What title was given by the Yuan court to Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen ?
<text>What title was given by the Yuan court to Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen ?</text><reasoning>Wang and Nyima state that after the official title "Education Minister" was granted to Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen (1302–1364) by the Yuan court, this title appeared frequently with his name in various Tibetan texts, while hi...
What Tibetan title was hardly ever mentioned when referring to Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen?
<text>What Tibetan title was hardly ever mentioned when referring to Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen?</text><reasoning>Wang and Nyima state that after the official title "Education Minister" was granted to Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen (1302–1364) by the Yuan court, this title appeared frequently with his name in various Tib...
What dynasty kept a Central-local government relation with the Yuan imperial court?
<text>What dynasty kept a Central-local government relation with the Yuan imperial court?</text><reasoning>Wang and Nyima state that after the official title "Education Minister" was granted to Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen (1302–1364) by the Yuan court, this title appeared frequently with his name in various Tibetan tex...
What two people claim the title of Education Minister was often seen next to Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen's name in Tibetan texts?
<text>What two people claim the title of Education Minister was often seen next to Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen's name in Tibetan texts?</text><reasoning>Wang and Nyima state that after the official title "Education Minister" was granted to Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen (1302–1364) by the Yuan court, this title appeared f...
Who wrote in their will that they received loving care from the emperor in the east?
<text>Who wrote in their will that they received loving care from the emperor in the east?</text><reasoning>Wang and Nyima state that after the official title "Education Minister" was granted to Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen (1302–1364) by the Yuan court, this title appeared frequently with his name in various Tibetan te...
Who did the Yongle Emperor send to Tibet?
<text>Who did the Yongle Emperor send to Tibet?</text><reasoning>In order to seek out the Karmapa, the Yongle Emperor dispatched his eunuch Hou Xian and the Buddhist monk Zhi Guang (d. 1435) to Tibet. Traveling to Lhasa either through Qinghai or via the Silk Road to Khotan, Hou Xian and Zhi Guang did not return to Nanj...
Why did the Yongle Emperor send Hou Xian and Zhi Guang to Tibet?
<text>Why did the Yongle Emperor send Hou Xian and Zhi Guang to Tibet?</text><reasoning>In order to seek out the Karmapa, the Yongle Emperor dispatched his eunuch Hou Xian and the Buddhist monk Zhi Guang (d. 1435) to Tibet. Traveling to Lhasa either through Qinghai or via the Silk Road to Khotan, Hou Xian and Zhi Guang...
When did Hou Xian and Zhi Guang return to Nanjing?
<text>When did Hou Xian and Zhi Guang return to Nanjing?</text><reasoning>In order to seek out the Karmapa, the Yongle Emperor dispatched his eunuch Hou Xian and the Buddhist monk Zhi Guang (d. 1435) to Tibet. Traveling to Lhasa either through Qinghai or via the Silk Road to Khotan, Hou Xian and Zhi Guang did not retur...
Where did Hou Xian and Zhi Guang travel through on their way to the Karmapa?
<text>Where did Hou Xian and Zhi Guang travel through on their way to the Karmapa?</text><reasoning>In order to seek out the Karmapa, the Yongle Emperor dispatched his eunuch Hou Xian and the Buddhist monk Zhi Guang (d. 1435) to Tibet. Traveling to Lhasa either through Qinghai or via the Silk Road to Khotan, Hou Xian a...
Who wrote the book The Story of Tibet?
<text>Who wrote the book The Story of Tibet?</text><reasoning>Journalist and author Thomas Laird, in his book The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama, writes that Wang and Nyima present the government viewpoint of the People's Republic of China in their Historical Status of China's Tibet, and fail to real...
who colonized India and New Zealand?
<text>who colonized India and New Zealand?</text><reasoning>Journalist and author Thomas Laird, in his book The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama, writes that Wang and Nyima present the government viewpoint of the People's Republic of China in their Historical Status of China's Tibet, and fail to realiz...
Who's viewpoint does Thomas Laird believe Wang and Nyima present?
<text>Who's viewpoint does Thomas Laird believe Wang and Nyima present?</text><reasoning>Journalist and author Thomas Laird, in his book The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama, writes that Wang and Nyima present the government viewpoint of the People's Republic of China in their Historical Status of Chin...
Who believed the Ming reappointed old Yuan dynasty officials in Tibet?
<text>Who believed the Ming reappointed old Yuan dynasty officials in Tibet?</text><reasoning>Dawa Norbu argues that modern Chinese Communist historians tend to be in favor of the view that the Ming simply reappointed old Yuan dynasty officials in Tibet and perpetuated their rule of Tibet in this manner. Norbu writes t...
What year did the Jianwen Emperor reign start and end?
<text>What year did the Jianwen Emperor reign start and end?</text><reasoning>In his usurpation of the throne from the Jianwen Emperor (r. 1398–1402), the Yongle Emperor was aided by the Buddhist monk Yao Guangxiao, and like his father, the Hongwu Emperor, the Yongle Emperor was "well-disposed towards Buddhism", claims...
Who aided the Yongle Emperor?
<text>Who aided the Yongle Emperor?</text><reasoning>In his usurpation of the throne from the Jianwen Emperor (r. 1398–1402), the Yongle Emperor was aided by the Buddhist monk Yao Guangxiao, and like his father, the Hongwu Emperor, the Yongle Emperor was "well-disposed towards Buddhism", claims Rossabi. On March 10, 14...
Who was Yongle Emperor's father?
<text>Who was Yongle Emperor's father?</text><reasoning>In his usurpation of the throne from the Jianwen Emperor (r. 1398–1402), the Yongle Emperor was aided by the Buddhist monk Yao Guangxiao, and like his father, the Hongwu Emperor, the Yongle Emperor was "well-disposed towards Buddhism", claims Rossabi. On March 10,...
When did the Yongle Emperor invite Deshin Shekpa to his court?
<text>When did the Yongle Emperor invite Deshin Shekpa to his court?</text><reasoning>In his usurpation of the throne from the Jianwen Emperor (r. 1398–1402), the Yongle Emperor was aided by the Buddhist monk Yao Guangxiao, and like his father, the Hongwu Emperor, the Yongle Emperor was "well-disposed towards Buddhism"...
Who did the Hongwu Emperor grant the title Initiation State Master to?
<text>Who did the Hongwu Emperor grant the title Initiation State Master to?</text><reasoning>According to Chen, the Ming officer of Hezhou (modern day Linxia) informed the Hongwu Emperor that the general situation in Dbus and Gtsang "was under control," and so he suggested to the emperor that he offer the second Phagm...
Who suggested to the emperor that an official title be granted to second Phagmodru ruler?
<text>Who suggested to the emperor that an official title be granted to second Phagmodru ruler?</text><reasoning>According to Chen, the Ming officer of Hezhou (modern day Linxia) informed the Hongwu Emperor that the general situation in Dbus and Gtsang "was under control," and so he suggested to the emperor that he off...
Who was the second Phagmodru ruler?
<text>Who was the second Phagmodru ruler?</text><reasoning>According to Chen, the Ming officer of Hezhou (modern day Linxia) informed the Hongwu Emperor that the general situation in Dbus and Gtsang "was under control," and so he suggested to the emperor that he offer the second Phagmodru ruler, Jamyang Shakya Gyaltsen...
Who told the emperor that the situation in Dbus and Gtsang were under control?
<text>Who told the emperor that the situation in Dbus and Gtsang were under control?</text><reasoning>According to Chen, the Ming officer of Hezhou (modern day Linxia) informed the Hongwu Emperor that the general situation in Dbus and Gtsang "was under control," and so he suggested to the emperor that he offer the seco...
Where were the envoys sent?
<text>Where were the envoys sent?</text><reasoning>According to Chen, the Ming officer of Hezhou (modern day Linxia) informed the Hongwu Emperor that the general situation in Dbus and Gtsang "was under control," and so he suggested to the emperor that he offer the second Phagmodru ruler, Jamyang Shakya Gyaltsen, an off...
Regardless of their sectarian affiliations, who did the Ming grant titles to?
<text>Regardless of their sectarian affiliations, who did the Ming grant titles to?</text><reasoning>Wylie asserts that this type of censorship of the History of Ming distorts the true picture of the history of Sino-Tibetan relations, while the Ming court granted titles to various lamas regardless of their sectarian af...
Who was the viceregal Sakya regime overthrown by?
<text>Who was the viceregal Sakya regime overthrown by?</text><reasoning>Wylie asserts that this type of censorship of the History of Ming distorts the true picture of the history of Sino-Tibetan relations, while the Ming court granted titles to various lamas regardless of their sectarian affiliations in an ongoing civ...
What was the name of the eunuch?
<text>What was the name of the eunuch?</text><reasoning>Shih-Shan Henry Tsai writes that the Yongle Emperor sent his eunuch Yang Sanbao into Tibet in 1413 to gain the allegiance of various Tibetan princes, while the Yongle Emperor paid a small fortune in return gifts for tributes in order to maintain the loyalty of ne...
Where did the Yongle Emperor send Yang Sanbao?
<text>Where did the Yongle Emperor send Yang Sanbao?</text><reasoning>Shih-Shan Henry Tsai writes that the Yongle Emperor sent his eunuch Yang Sanbao into Tibet in 1413 to gain the allegiance of various Tibetan princes, while the Yongle Emperor paid a small fortune in return gifts for tributes in order to maintain the ...
When did Yongle Emperor send Yang Sanbao into Tibet?
<text>When did Yongle Emperor send Yang Sanbao into Tibet?</text><reasoning>Shih-Shan Henry Tsai writes that the Yongle Emperor sent his eunuch Yang Sanbao into Tibet in 1413 to gain the allegiance of various Tibetan princes, while the Yongle Emperor paid a small fortune in return gifts for tributes in order to maintai...
Why did Yongle Emperor send Yang Sanbao into Tibet?
<text>Why did Yongle Emperor send Yang Sanbao into Tibet?</text><reasoning>Shih-Shan Henry Tsai writes that the Yongle Emperor sent his eunuch Yang Sanbao into Tibet in 1413 to gain the allegiance of various Tibetan princes, while the Yongle Emperor paid a small fortune in return gifts for tributes in order to maintain...
Why did the emperor pay a small fortune in gifts?
<text>Why did the emperor pay a small fortune in gifts?</text><reasoning>Shih-Shan Henry Tsai writes that the Yongle Emperor sent his eunuch Yang Sanbao into Tibet in 1413 to gain the allegiance of various Tibetan princes, while the Yongle Emperor paid a small fortune in return gifts for tributes in order to maintain t...
Who imposed on the military might on Tibet in the past?
<text>Who imposed on the military might on Tibet in the past?</text><reasoning>Tibetan sources say Deshin Shekpa also persuaded the Yongle Emperor not to impose his military might on Tibet as the Mongols had previously done. Thinley writes that before the Karmapa returned to Tibet, the Yongle Emperor began planning to ...
Hok-Lam Chan states that Deshin Skekpa was only invited for what purpose?
<text>Hok-Lam Chan states that Deshin Skekpa was only invited for what purpose?</text><reasoning>Tibetan sources say Deshin Shekpa also persuaded the Yongle Emperor not to impose his military might on Tibet as the Mongols had previously done. Thinley writes that before the Karmapa returned to Tibet, the Yongle Emperor ...
What was said to be the Yongle Emperor plans?
<text>What was said to be the Yongle Emperor plans?</text><reasoning>Tibetan sources say Deshin Shekpa also persuaded the Yongle Emperor not to impose his military might on Tibet as the Mongols had previously done. Thinley writes that before the Karmapa returned to Tibet, the Yongle Emperor began planning to send a mi...
Why was the Yongle Emperor said to have been planning to send military forces into Tibet?
<text>Why was the Yongle Emperor said to have been planning to send military forces into Tibet?</text><reasoning>Tibetan sources say Deshin Shekpa also persuaded the Yongle Emperor not to impose his military might on Tibet as the Mongols had previously done. Thinley writes that before the Karmapa returned to Tibet, the...
Who convinced the Yongle emperor not to send military forces into Tibet?
<text>Who convinced the Yongle emperor not to send military forces into Tibet?</text><reasoning>Tibetan sources say Deshin Shekpa also persuaded the Yongle Emperor not to impose his military might on Tibet as the Mongols had previously done. Thinley writes that before the Karmapa returned to Tibet, the Yongle Emperor b...
Where is the China Tibetology Research Center located?
<text>Where is the China Tibetology Research Center located?</text><reasoning>Chen Qingying, Professor of History and Director of the History Studies Institute under the China Tibetology Research Center in Beijing, writes that the Ming court conferred new official positions on ex-Yuan Tibetan leaders of the Phachu Karg...
Who was the Director of the History Studies Institute?
<text>Who was the Director of the History Studies Institute?</text><reasoning>Chen Qingying, Professor of History and Director of the History Studies Institute under the China Tibetology Research Center in Beijing, writes that the Ming court conferred new official positions on ex-Yuan Tibetan leaders of the Phachu Karg...
How many households were the offices of Qianhu in charge of?
<text>How many households were the offices of Qianhu in charge of?</text><reasoning>Chen Qingying, Professor of History and Director of the History Studies Institute under the China Tibetology Research Center in Beijing, writes that the Ming court conferred new official positions on ex-Yuan Tibetan leaders of the Phach...
How many households were the offices of Wanhu in charge of?
<text>How many households were the offices of Wanhu in charge of?</text><reasoning>Chen Qingying, Professor of History and Director of the History Studies Institute under the China Tibetology Research Center in Beijing, writes that the Ming court conferred new official positions on ex-Yuan Tibetan leaders of the Phachu...
What years did the Zhengtong Emperor reign?
<text>What years did the Zhengtong Emperor reign?</text><reasoning>The Information Office of the State Council of the PRC preserves an edict of the Zhengtong Emperor (r. 1435–1449) addressed to the Karmapa in 1445, written after the latter's agent had brought holy relics to the Ming court. Zhengtong had the following m...
Who maintains an edict of the Zhengtong Emperor?
<text>Who maintains an edict of the Zhengtong Emperor?</text><reasoning>The Information Office of the State Council of the PRC preserves an edict of the Zhengtong Emperor (r. 1435–1449) addressed to the Karmapa in 1445, written after the latter's agent had brought holy relics to the Ming court. Zhengtong had the follow...
Who was the edict addressed to?
<text>Who was the edict addressed to?</text><reasoning>The Information Office of the State Council of the PRC preserves an edict of the Zhengtong Emperor (r. 1435–1449) addressed to the Karmapa in 1445, written after the latter's agent had brought holy relics to the Ming court. Zhengtong had the following message deliv...
Who had a message delivered to them by Zhengtong?
<text>Who had a message delivered to them by Zhengtong?</text><reasoning>The Information Office of the State Council of the PRC preserves an edict of the Zhengtong Emperor (r. 1435–1449) addressed to the Karmapa in 1445, written after the latter's agent had brought holy relics to the Ming court. Zhengtong had the follo...
When was the edict written?
<text>When was the edict written?</text><reasoning>The Information Office of the State Council of the PRC preserves an edict of the Zhengtong Emperor (r. 1435–1449) addressed to the Karmapa in 1445, written after the latter's agent had brought holy relics to the Ming court. Zhengtong had the following message delivered...
Chopin's compositions are often played with what?
<text>Chopin's compositions are often played with what?</text><reasoning>Chopin's music is frequently played with rubato, "the practice in performance of disregarding strict time, 'robbing' some note-values for expressive effect". There are differing opinions as to how much, and what type, of rubato is appropriate for ...
What does rubato mean?
<text>What does rubato mean?</text><reasoning>Chopin's music is frequently played with rubato, "the practice in performance of disregarding strict time, 'robbing' some note-values for expressive effect". There are differing opinions as to how much, and what type, of rubato is appropriate for his works. Charles Rosen co...
In Chopin's music where strict timing is disregarded, what is it called?
<text>In Chopin's music where strict timing is disregarded, what is it called?</text><reasoning>Chopin's music is frequently played with rubato, "the practice in performance of disregarding strict time, 'robbing' some note-values for expressive effect". There are differing opinions as to how much, and what type, of rub...
What type of Chopin's music had the most disregard for strict timing according to Charles Rosen?
<text>What type of Chopin's music had the most disregard for strict timing according to Charles Rosen?</text><reasoning>Chopin's music is frequently played with rubato, "the practice in performance of disregarding strict time, 'robbing' some note-values for expressive effect". There are differing opinions as to how muc...
Who did the Yongle Emperor have a conflict with?
<text>Who did the Yongle Emperor have a conflict with?</text><reasoning>Marsha Weidner states that Deshin Shekpa's miracles "testified to the power of both the emperor and his guru and served as a legitimizing tool for the emperor's problematic succession to the throne," referring to the Yongle Emperor's conflict with ...
Who aided the legitimacy of the Yongle Emperor's rule?
<text>Who aided the legitimacy of the Yongle Emperor's rule?</text><reasoning>Marsha Weidner states that Deshin Shekpa's miracles "testified to the power of both the emperor and his guru and served as a legitimizing tool for the emperor's problematic succession to the throne," referring to the Yongle Emperor's conflict...
What served as a legitimizing tool for the emperor's succession to the throne?
<text>What served as a legitimizing tool for the emperor's succession to the throne?</text><reasoning>Marsha Weidner states that Deshin Shekpa's miracles "testified to the power of both the emperor and his guru and served as a legitimizing tool for the emperor's problematic succession to the throne," referring to the Y...
According to Norbu who failed to realize the significance of the religious aspect of the Ming-Tibetan relationship?
<text>According to Norbu who failed to realize the significance of the religious aspect of the Ming-Tibetan relationship?</text><reasoning>With the example of the Ming court's relationship with the fifth Karmapa and other Tibetan leaders, Norbu states that Chinese Communist historians have failed to realize the signifi...
What were the items of tribute?
<text>What were the items of tribute?</text><reasoning>With the example of the Ming court's relationship with the fifth Karmapa and other Tibetan leaders, Norbu states that Chinese Communist historians have failed to realize the significance of the religious aspect of the Ming-Tibetan relationship. He writes that the m...
Who believe that the Ming dynasty did not exercise any direct political control over Tibet?
<text>Who believe that the Ming dynasty did not exercise any direct political control over Tibet?</text><reasoning>With the example of the Ming court's relationship with the fifth Karmapa and other Tibetan leaders, Norbu states that Chinese Communist historians have failed to realize the significance of the religious a...
When did Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan reign?
<text>When did Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan reign?</text><reasoning>Nevertheless, the ethno-geographic caste hierarchy favoring the Mongols and other ethnicities were accorded higher status than the Han Chinese majority. Although Han Chinese who were recruited as advisers were often actually more influential than high offi...
During the Yuan what existed between China and Tibet?
<text>During the Yuan what existed between China and Tibet?</text><reasoning>Nevertheless, the ethno-geographic caste hierarchy favoring the Mongols and other ethnicities were accorded higher status than the Han Chinese majority. Although Han Chinese who were recruited as advisers were often actually more influential t...
Who was granted higher status than the Han Chinese majority?
<text>Who was granted higher status than the Han Chinese majority?</text><reasoning>Nevertheless, the ethno-geographic caste hierarchy favoring the Mongols and other ethnicities were accorded higher status than the Han Chinese majority. Although Han Chinese who were recruited as advisers were often actually more influe...
Who believed that the Ming had no real authority over Tibet?
<text>Who believed that the Ming had no real authority over Tibet?</text><reasoning>Helmut Hoffman states that the Ming upheld the facade of rule over Tibet through periodic missions of "tribute emissaries" to the Ming court and by granting nominal titles to ruling lamas, but did not actually interfere in Tibetan gover...
What years did the Rinpungpa regime start and end?
<text>What years did the Rinpungpa regime start and end?</text><reasoning>Helmut Hoffman states that the Ming upheld the facade of rule over Tibet through periodic missions of "tribute emissaries" to the Ming court and by granting nominal titles to ruling lamas, but did not actually interfere in Tibetan governance. Mel...
Who believed that the titles given to Tibetan leaders did not confer authority?
<text>Who believed that the titles given to Tibetan leaders did not confer authority?</text><reasoning>Helmut Hoffman states that the Ming upheld the facade of rule over Tibet through periodic missions of "tribute emissaries" to the Ming court and by granting nominal titles to ruling lamas, but did not actually interfe...
What years did the Tsangpa start and end?
<text>What years did the Tsangpa start and end?</text><reasoning>Helmut Hoffman states that the Ming upheld the facade of rule over Tibet through periodic missions of "tribute emissaries" to the Ming court and by granting nominal titles to ruling lamas, but did not actually interfere in Tibetan governance. Melvyn C. Go...
Who divided Central Tibet into districts?
<text>Who divided Central Tibet into districts?</text><reasoning>However, Lok-Ham Chan, a professor of history at the University of Washington, writes that Changchub Gyaltsen's aims were to recreate the old Tibetan Kingdom that existed during the Chinese Tang dynasty, to build "nationalist sentiment" amongst Tibetans, ...