黎吉生（，），英国圣安德鲁斯人，英国外交官、藏学家。其研究领域主要为吐蕃历史，尤其重视碑刻。他被稱為「現代藏學之父」。

生平
黎吉生生于蘇格蘭圣安德鲁斯。畢業後到牛津大學基布爾學院学习古典学。1930年，他成为公务员，并于1936年至1940年、以及1946年至1947年作为英國駐拉薩代表團代表。印度於1947年獨立後，他繼續擔任印度代表驻拉萨至1950年，在解放軍入藏前幾個月離開。在退休后，他回到圣安德鲁斯，余生从事私人研究工作。

他是一个掌握多种语言的语言学家，孟加拉语流利得可以同泰戈尔交谈。他流利的藏语被西藏政治家夏格巴描述为“无可挑剔的拉萨藏语，带有轻微的牛津口音”。

他主张西藏应当有权利成为一个单独存在的政治实体。他在两本书 Tibet and Its History (1962) 以及 A Cultural History of Tibet (1968)中均谈到了这一主张，并在爱尔兰在联合国提出中国压迫西藏问题时在联合国提出了这一主张。在联合国，用一位评论家的话来说，“他作为一位诚实的人勇敢从事于很大程度上已被遗忘的事业，因为出于政治上的权宜之计，双方都不顾原则并且不愿冒险倾向于可能的失败方，但他这样做值得。”据报道，他的立场引起了英国和印度出席联合国大会代表团的不满。 

后来他写道，“英国政府，这西方国家中唯一与西藏有条约关系的政府，将西藏抛入深渊并从此不断冷落西藏人，结果1959年他们甚至没有支持联合国谴责中国人在西藏侵犯人权的决议。（The British government, the only government among Western countries to have had treaty relations with Tibet, sold the Tibetans down the river and since then have constantly cold-shouldered the Tibetans so that in 1959 they could not even support a resolution in the UN condemning the violation of human rights in Tibet by the Chinese.）”

黎吉生也曾说他“深感羞愧（profoundly ashamed）”，不仅因为英国政府不支持西藏享有自决权，而且也因为英国政府对待十四世达赖喇嘛的态度。

1999年，黎吉生獲得國際聲援西藏運動頒發的真理之光獎，表揚他對於藏學的貢獻，以及作為外國第一位駐西藏的外交使節。

著作

中譯本

英文
1949 “Three ancient inscriptions from Tibet” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal 15, (1949): 45-64.
1952. Ancient historical edicts at Lhasa and the Mu Tsung / Khri Gtsung Lde Brtsan treaty of A.D. 821-822 from the inscription at Lhasa. London: Royal Asiatic Society Prize Publication Fund 19, 1952.
1952-3 “Tibetan inscriptions at Zva-hi Lha Khang” London: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, (1952): 133-54 (1953): 1-12.
1954 “A ninth-century inscription from Rkong-po.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. London, (1954): 157-73.
1957 “A Tibetan Inscription from Rgyal Lha-khang” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society London, (1957): 57-78.
1964  “A new inscription of Khri Srong Lde Brtans.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society London. (1964): 1-13.
1965a "How old was Srong-brtsan Sgam-po ?", Bulletin of Tibetology, vol. 2, no. 1, 6-8. Repr. in Richardson 1998: 3-6.
1965b	"A fragment from Tun-huang", Bulletin of Tibetology, vol. 2, no. 3, 33-38. Repr. in Richardson 1998: 7-11.
1968 with David Snellgrove. A Cultural History of Tibet. 1995 2nd Edition with changes. Shambhala. Boston & London. ISBN 1-57062-102-0.
1969 “The inscription at the Tomb of Khri Lde Srong Btsan”, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1969): 29-38
1969b “Tibetan chis and tschis.” Asia Major 14 (1969): 154-6.
1972 “The rKong-po Inscription.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society London. (1972): 30-39.
1973 “The Skar-cung inscription.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. (1973): 12-20.
1974 Ch'ing Dynasty Inscriptions at Lhasa. (Serie Orientale Roma v. 47). Rome: Instituto italiano per l'africa e l'oriente. 1974.
1978 “The Sino-Tibetan treaty inscription of A.D. 821/823 at Lhasa.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: (1978): 137-62.
1983 “Bal-po and Lho-bal” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 46 (1983): 136-8.
1985. A corpus of Early Tibetan Inscriptions. (James G. Forlong Series no. 29). Hertford: Royal Asiatic Society, 1985. ISBN 0-947593-00-4.
1987 “Early Tibetan Inscriptions: Some Recent Discoveries” The Tibet Journal 12.2.Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan works and archives, (1987): 3-15. (reprinted with 2 short notes added) Bulletin of Tibetology n.s. 3. Gangtok Sikkim Research Institute of Tibetology, (1987): 5-18. High Peaks, Pure Earth. London: Serindia, 1998: 261-275.
1988 “More Early Inscriptions from Tibet” Bulletin of Tibetology. New Series  2. Gangtok Sikkim Research Institute of Tibetology. (1988): 5-8. High Peaks, Pure Earth. London: Serindia, 1998: 276-278.
1989 "Eary Tibetan law concerning dog-bite", Bulletin of Tibetology, new ser. 3, 5-10. Repr. in Richardson 1998: 135-139.
1990 "Hunting accidents in early Tibet", Tibet Journal, 15-4, 5-27. Repr. in Richardson 1998: 149-166.
1995a	“The Tibetan Inscription attributed to Ye shes ‘od” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 3rd Series 5.3. (1995): 403-404.
1995b	“The inscription at Ra-tshag Dgon-pa” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 58 (1995): 534-9; High Peaks, Pure Earth. London: Serindia, 1998: 286-291.
1997 Adventures of Tibetan Fighting Monk with Khedrup Tashi, White Orchid Books; ISBN 974-87368-7-3, Orchid Press, 2006, ISBN 974-8299-17-1
1998 High peaks, pure earth: collected writings on Tibetan history and culture, Serindia publications, London.

注释

参考文献
 Hugh Richardson (1905-2000) , Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
 Tibetan Studies in Honour of Hugh Richardson. Edited by Michael Aris and Aung San Suu Kyi, p. 284. (1979). Vikas Publishing house, New Delhi.
French, Patrick. Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land (2003) Knopf. ISBN 1-4000-4100-7

外部連結
 黎吉生著作

圣安德鲁斯人
牛津大學基布爾學院校友
英国藏学家
錫金邦政治人物
西藏独立运动人物
印度帝國三等勳章
真理之光獎得主