For a Tibetan historian, materials for the study of prominent scholars and religious figures are plenty in the elaborative stock of Tibetan historical books which dated back to thousand years, for that the historical books of Tibet is lavishly enriched with the evolutionary development of Buddhism with the little hint of political establishment. Even the deeds of great kings likes Songtsen Gampo are curved in abundance, about the ‘supporting actors’ who play a great role in the shaping of Tibetan historical events are lost behind the shadow of kings and lamas, for that reason, there is scarcity of records related to most of the Tibetan people in the past. After the great collapse of 1959, Tibetans in both Tibet and outside Tibet awake from the sleepiness of descending tradition and consequently they start to write more about ordinary individuals then the extraordinary figures recently. For a Tibetan or future of Tibet’s fact, it is a complimentary step which will remember by the future generation of Tibet with great pride and rejoice. So the responsibility of the current Tibetan scholar is to record the true and accurate activities of the important figures of present tibetan prominent individuals whose behavior automatically configured the shape of future Tibet. In the last several decades, there are many prominent personalities whose action caused to raise diversity of emotions among the Tibetan, like Ge Dhun Chophel, who was one of the few dominant writers of Tibetans art and literature in recent time, pacing with his step scholars like Dhondup Gyal, Tseten Shabdung etc came to noticed. In the field of both political and religious, great names like Thirteen Dalai Lama, Tenth Panchen Lama, Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok, Tsulku Tenzin Delek and in political, Bawa Phuntsok Wangyal, Lhukangpa, and Nagpo Nagwang Jigme who signed the famous 17aggreements with Chinese are to be notice and record.
We mostly noted down about the people who are past and demise in the history but whose life has been a significant phrase in the composition of history. Compare to the quantity of writings, they are in very small number about whom we endeavor to write about and who are alive. However when we write about this ‘live’ personalities, it is in the form of amendable if we portrait them in the words that are not suitable for their deeds, but about the one who are death and burn. It is our responsibility to write with cautions and reference when we are dealing with the ‘dead’ personalities, just for instance. An important figure who play great role in the turmoil of recent Tibetan history died just few days back in the land of our ‘enemy’ whose name is Nagbo Nawang Jigme (Chinese called him Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme), he played the role of leading face when the independent Tibetan government negotiated with the newly established red Chinese government in Beijing in 1960s, after they invaded Tibet and occupied large area of Tibetan territory attached to Chinese border. Actually it was the Ngabo Ngawang Jigme who ‘hand over’ the Chambo without a strong or necessary resistance which was planned by his precedent governer.
It is not in the interest of judging him in this writing as this article is not to judge anyone with their deeds. But it is very much in the interest of suggesting the historical scholars to portrait them with clear and precise statement. To do that, the books and study material from both sides are necessary to pursue exclusively and intensively.
Sources to study.
1. Orphan of cold war. By Kaur.
2. Dragon in the land of snow. By Tenzin Shakya.
3. Documents or articles in Public Record Office of London and
Foreign Relations of the United States 1949, and series of recent publications in Tibet produced by the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Committee etc…
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