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8 presented the Emperor with a golden idol of Buddha and a precious rosary. The monarch in return favoured them with gorgeous armour, fine bows and arrows, sables, etc., and invited them to come to see him in Peking. The Dalai Lama promised to come, while the Pan-ch‘an excused himself as being too old and unfit for so long and painful a journey.

The fifth is likewise called [班禪羅卜藏伊喜] Pan-ch‘an Lo-pu-tsang I-hsi in one place, and [羅卜藏伊什] Lo-pu-tsaug I-shih in another. He lived under the reign of the Emperor K‘ang Hsi. In his 52nd reigning year (1713), the Emperor forwarded to him a golden tablet [金册] and a golden seal [金印] the usual gift of the Emperors of China to high dignitaries of the Lamaist church. On the tablet he invested him with the supreme power over Tashi-lhunpo and the whole country of Houtsang [後藏] Ulterior Tibet.

His reincarnation, the 6th Pan-ch‘an Erh-tê-ni [班禪哲布尊巴勒丹伊喜] Pan-ch‘an Chê-pu-tsun pa-lo-tan I-hsi or [羅卜藏巴丹伊什] Lo-pu-tsang pa-tan I-shih, is the subject of this monograph. He was born in the 3rd year of Ch‘ien Lung (1738) but was installed only in the 6th reigning year of this Emperor (1741) (1743-Waddell).

In the 30th reigning year of Ch‘ien Lung (1765), he was presented with an Imperial golden tablet [金册] (without the gold seal apparently, as this is not mentioned).

As recorded by Porungheer Gosein, who accompanied the Pan-ch‘an on his journey, he had previously refused