{{Short description|Tibetan Tusi chiefdom (1723–1776)}} {{Infobox country |native_name= ཆུ་ཆེན་ |conventional_long_name=Chiefdom of Chuchen |common_name= Chuchen<!-- Name to be used in constructing links and category names; not for display --> |era= |status= Chiefdom under the Chinese ''Tusi'' system |year_start= 1723 |year_end= 1776 |life_span= |p1= |flag_p1= |p2 = |flag_p2 = |s1 = Qing dynasty |flag_s1 = |s2= |flag_s2 = |image_flag= |image_coat = |coa_size = |image_map = |image_map_caption = |flag = |capital= Chuchen (in present day Jinchuan County) |common_languages= Gyarung |government_type = Monarchy |title_leader = Namkha Gyalpo |leader1 = Slob Dpon <small>(first)</small> |year_leader1 = 1723–1760 |leader2 = Lang Kashi |year_leader2 = 1760–17?? |leader3 = Sonom <small>(last)</small> |year_leader3 = 17??–1776 |religion= |currency= |today = China }} '''Chiefdom of Chuchen''' ({{bo|t=ཆུ་ཆེན་|w=chu chen}}; {{zh|c=促侵土司|p=Cùqīn Tǔsī}}), also known as '''Rabden''' or the '''Chiefdom of Greater Jinchuan''' ({{zh|c=大金川土司|p=Dà Jīnchuān Tǔsī}}; {{bo|t=ཏ་གྱིན་ཆྭན་ཐུའུ་བསི|w=}}), was an autonomous Gyalrong Tusi chiefdom that ruled Greater Jinchuan (present day Jinchuan County, Sichuan) during the Qing dynasty. The rulers of Chuchen used the royal title '''Namkha Gyalpo''' ({{bo|t=ནམ་མཁའ་རྒྱལ་པོ|w=nam mkhav rgyal po}}),<ref>{{cite book |language=zh-hans |author1=陈观胜 |author2=安才旦 |script-title=zh:《常见藏语人名地名词典》 <!--|format=M -->|edition=1 |location=Beijing |publisher=外文出版社 [Foreign Languages Press] |date=April 2004 |pages=52 |isbn=7-119-03497-9}}</ref> literally "king of Namkha".
Chieftains of Chuchen had family relationship with chieftains of Tsanlha (Lesser Jinchuan). The first Chuchen chieftain was Slob Dpon, he was appointed by the Qing dynasty in 1723. Slob Dpon married a daughter to Tsewang, the chieftain of Tsanlha. Tsewang was cowardly. Slob Dpon deposed Tsewang and annexed Tsanlha in 1746; then, he invaded neighbouring chiefdoms. In 1747, the Qing dynasty launched the First Jinchuan campaign. Slob Dpon had to abdicated to his son Lang Kashi.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Qing shi gao|last=Zhao|first=Erxundate=(2003 printing)|publisher=Zhong hua shu ju|others=趙爾巽, 1844-1927.|isbn=9787101007503|edition=Di 1 ban|location=Beijing|oclc=55513807}}</ref>
The Second Jinchuan campaign broke out in 1771. Two years later, chief Sonom surrendered. The Chiefdom of Chuchen was abolished, the Qing dynasty started to rule this area directly.<ref>[http://www.guoxue.com/shibu/24shi/qingshigao/qsgx_513.htm Draft History of Qing, vol. 300]</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=Sheng wu ji : fu yi sou kou hai ji|last=Wei|first=Yuan|date=2011|publisher=Yue lu shu she|others=Yang, Shenzhi., Xia, Jianqin., Li, Hu., 杨慎之., 夏剑钦., 李瑚.|isbn=9787807615491|edition=Di 1 ban|location=Changsha|oclc=750093258}}</ref>
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