He went home to mourn his father in 1147 and became the prefectural judge of Yazhou (雅州; modern Ya'an, Sichuan) 3 years later.
Although Tibetan forces were fighting the Chinese between 799 and 803, with battles in Yanzhou, Linzhou, Weizhou, Yazhou and Suizhou, envoys began travelling regularly from 804 onwards between Lhasa and China, although no formal treaty was signed.