zhu chen tshul khrims rin chen

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ཞུ་ཆེན་ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་རིན་ཆེན་
Zhuchen Tsultrim Rinchen(1697 - 1774)

Zhuchen Tsultrim Rinchen was a master of Tibetan literary and visual arts and among the most preeminent Sakya scholars during the eighteenth century. He was a central figure in the Tibetan Buddhist cultural efflorescence that took place in the Derge region of Kham, serving as chief editor for several large publishing projects at the Derge Printing House, including new woodblock editions of the Sakya Kambum, the Tengyur, and Longchenpa's Seven Treasuries, projects for which he earned the epithet "Great Editor." He was active in the construction and renovation of temples, for which he often wrote inventories, and was a sought-after artist and oversaw a number of projects to design and execute the murals and sculptures for temples and monasteries. Zhuchen was also a master of tantric rituals. His collected works were published by the Derge Printing House in ten volumes.

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