Nyang Mangpoje Shangnang

Nyang Mangpoje Shangnang (Tibetan: མྱང་མང་བོ་རྗེ་ཞང་སྣང་, Wylie: myang mang po rje zhang snang ; ? – ?) was a general of Tibetan Empire who served as "Great Minister" (Tibetan: བློན་ཆེན་, Wylie: blon chen ) during Emperor Songtsen Gampo's reign.

The Tibetan emperor Namri Songtsen was assassinated in 618. The young price Songtsen came to the throne, and appointed Mangpoje as his regent. At that time, Tibet had to face vasal kingdoms' rebellion. It proved that Mangpoje was an excellent leader. He quickly put down the rebellion, captured all the mutineer leaders and put them to death. Then, he led a number of men invaded the Sumpa, defeated them with very few casualties, and forced them to surrender. Tibet began to collect taxes in Sumba, and Mangpoje owned very high reputation in Tibet.

Songtsen realised Mangpoje could be a threat to the central authority of him. Another famous general, Khyungpo Pungse, notified this, sowed discord among them. Pungse told Mangpoje that Songtsen mean to purge him, persuaded him to return to his own castle sbu ba and refuse to go to the capital. Then Pungse spread rumors that Mangpoje plotted rebellion. Songtsen was taken in; he sank the sbu ba castle captured Mangpoje and had Mangpoje executed. His castle was torn down, and his position turned to Gar Mangsham Sumnang.

References

• (English)(Tibetan)Old Tibetan Chronicle, P.T. 1287