The long historical novel The 13th Dalai Lama——Gyangze Battle of 1904 was writtenin the early 1980s， a period when the Chinese Government had just started to put in placethe reform and opening-up policy. It was published by the China Federation of Literary andArt Publishing Corporation in 1985.

　　Gyanpian Gyamco， of the Tibetan ethnic group， was born inBatang County of the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture ofSichuan Province in 1938. He joined the PLA in 1950 and heworked for the Ethnic Publishing House from 1956 to 1980.Beginning in 1981， he was transferred to work for the EthnicLiterature Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of SocialSciences， engaging exclusively in the research into King Gesar.His works include A Probe Into King Gesar， Biography of KingGesar， Historical Fate of Gesar， Gesar and Tibetan Culture， OnGesar， Approaching Gesar， Galsang Medo， The 13th Dalai Lama，Master Panchen Erdeni， Snowland General Tan Guansan andBiography of Li Jue.Wu Wei graduated from the Graduate School of the ChineseAcademy of Social Sciences with an MA degree in 1988. Sheengaged in the publishing business as an editor and manager forprolonged period of time.