刘曼卿是我国历史上中央政府派往西藏的第一位女性视察要员(藏人称她为“女钦差”)。她于民国18年(1929年)驾轺车(马车)经四川、西康入藏,一年后返回,转道印度、香港,回南京复命。受到当时国民政府的褒奖及各界同胞的嘉许。民国21年她第二次西行调查,经越南、滇西到丽江。 Liu Man-ching is the first important female inspector stationed by the Central Government in Tibet in history in our country (Tibetans call her “female imperial envoy”). She traveled to Sichuan in 1829 (1929) and Xikang in Tibet to return to Tibet. A year later she returned to India and Hong Kong and returned to Nanjing to resume her life. At that time, the national government praised the recognition and compatriots from all walks of life. In 21 years of her Republic of China her second trip to the west, via Vietnam, western Yunnan to Lijiang.