&quote;Female Imperial Envoy&quote;in Tibet during the Republic of China-Biography of Liu Manqing

"e;Female Imperial Envoy"e;in Tibet during the Republic of China-Biography of Liu Manqing tells the legendary life of Liu Manqing (1906-1941), who is the first "e;female imperial envoy"e; in Tibet and as important as Zhangjian and Bangu. Her father is Liu Huaxuan who served as the secretary of Lianyu, the imperial officer in Tibet at the end of Qing Dynasty and the 9th Panchen Lama. Her mother is the Tibetan. She was born in Lhasa and took refuge to Darjeeling in India when she was 6 years old. When she was 12 years old, she studied in Beijing No.1 Primary School. The special background and living experience made her cherish the great ambition that was different from other women living in the Republic of China, namely, "e;going back to Tibet and contribute to improve the lives of Tibetan women to promote the civilization process step by step"e;. In the winter of 1928, Liu Manqing worked as the translator in the Dalai Lama in Wutai Mountain Office for Kambro Sambasan and visited Chiang Kai-shek with him. In the course of the talks, Jiang greatly appreciated the manners and the proficiency to her Tibetan-Chinese translation. A few days later, Liu Manqing who was only 22 years old has been appointed as the National Government first-class registrar. Since then, she has been busy for maintaining the peace and stability for the Tibet and running between the mainland and Tibet for many times. The dangers of the road cannot be imagined since she had to fight against the snow bucket, the lack of oxygen, the hostile Tibetan army who may harm her life and the British spy who wanted to injure her in Lhasa. And finally she brought the central voice to 13th Dalai Lama and Tibet. And the 13th Dalai Lama even made an exception and massaged her head, which was the first time for the Dalai Lama to massage for a woman. Later, she sorted out the journey diary into a book Tour in Tibetan Mission which has recorded what she saw and heard in Tibet, described the social status quo of Tibetan, Hui and other ethnic minorities and provided the referring suggestions for the government to administrate Xikang, Tibet border area. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, she and Kang Tibetan patriotic people launched the declaration to support the Chinese people's anti-Japanese together and contributed to the civil to fight against Japanese army. In 1941, she died of illness. In an odd woman's life, there is no romance, no lasting affection but the difficult border politics that even the men are not willing to touch.