THE VISIT
OF THE
Teshoo Lama to Peking.
I.
The following inscription, of which the Chinese text and translation are given in the II. part, together with some explanations in the III. part, necessary for the comprehension of the translation, refers to the visit of the Teshoo Lama to Peking, which occurred towards the end of the 18th century.
Besides this Lama there was only one more among the High Priests of the Tibetan clergy who paid a visit to an Emperor of China in Peking: i.e. the 5th in the list of the Dalai Lamas. I consider it appropriate to introduce here, first an abbreviated account of the visit of this dignitary to Peking, as recorded in the 東華錄, and 聖武記 since in current works of foreign authors, no, or only very little, mention is made of it; and I give it first, as in the chronological succession, this visit occurred about 130 years before that which forms the subject of my monograph.
