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片断：PartOneFromtheFirsttotheTwelfthDalaiLamasGedunTruppa,theFirstOalaiLamaHefirstDalaiLamawasgiventhereligiousnameofGedunTruppa.AccordingtotheTibetanBtographyofGedunTruppa,hewasbornintheIron-SheepyearoftheseventhTibetancalendricalcycle*(1391orthetwenty-fourthyearofMingemperorTaizu'sreign)attheShabtupastureneartheSakyamonasteryinTsang.Hisfather,KongbuDorje,andmother,GuomoLangje,hadfivechildren,ofwhomGedunTruppawasthethird.Onthenightofhisbirth,thehousewasransackedbybandits,andthefamilysincelivedinpoverty.Asachild,GedunTruppahelpedhisparentstendsheep.Attheageoffifteen(1405orthethirdyearofMingemperorChengzu'sreign)GedunTruppabecamealamaistmonkaftertakinghisvowsasagetsulbeforeDondrubKedrupattheNathangmonastery(locatedaboutfifteenkilometreswestofwheretheTashilhunpomonasterystandstoday).Afterhebecameafullyordainedmonkatagetwenty,hebegantotravelextensivelyinU.AttheDradrugmonastery,hestudiedCauseandLogicandTheMiddleWayunderthetutorshipofKunzanpa.Atthetime,Tsong-khapahadacquiredfameasthefounderoftheYellowSect(theGe-lug-paSect)In1415(thethirteenthyearofMingemperorChengzu'sreign)hewasgivingsermonstomonksandlaymeninDrashiDokhaattheinvitationofDrakpaGyaltsen,thefifthreli-giouskingofthePhag-druregime.GedunTruppa,nowtwenty-fiveyearsold,wenttothesesermonswithhisteacher,DondrupKedrup,andbecameacquaintedwithTsongkhapa.Tsongkhapa,alsoknownasLozangDrakpa,wasbornintheseventeenthyearofZhizhcnginthereignoftheYuanemperorShundi(1357)atTsongkhanearthecityofXininginQinghaiProvince.HebecameamonkattheageofsevenandtookhisgetsulvowsbeforeDondrubRinchen.Atseventeen(1372orthefifthyearofMingemperorTaizu'sreign)hewenttoTibettostudyBuddhistphilosophy.In1385,whenhewastwenty-nineyearsold,Tsong-khapatookhisgelongvowsbeforeTsufrimRichenattheNamgyalmonasteryinYarlung.,Bynowmanyreligioussects,eachwithitssub-sects,hadcomeintobeinginTibet.AmongthemweretheNying-ma-paSect(Red),theKa-gyu-paSect(White),theSa-kya-paSect(Variegated)andtheBon-po(Black).OfthefourtheKa-gyu-paandSa-kya-pasectswerethemostinfluentialandhadthebiggestfollowings."Butasthetwosectstriedtooutnumbereachotherbyrecruitingconvens,devotedandscholarlymonksinthetwosectsdiminishedinnumber,andbythelateYuanandeariyMingdynasties,theteachingofexotericandesotericBuddhismhadbeengreatlyweakened;exceptforahandfulofhighlyprincipledmonks,fewknewanythingaboutmonasticdiscipline,andthemonksdressedinlayattire."