Mount Tai

alternative Mount T'ai

1. A mountain in Taishan district, Tai'an, Shandong, China.

   Mount Tai, in the eastern province of Shandong, represents longevity in Chinese tradition.

   2016 February 15, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “China’s Legal Professionals, Under Limits at Home, Note Scalia’s Death”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Feb 2016, Asia Pacific

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   He dedicated Mount Tai to the worship of the genii, and raised a sacred mound at the foot of the mountain.

   1879, Robert K. Douglas, Confucianism and Taouism, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, →OCLC, →OL, page 240

   Mount T’ai bestrides the Ch’i and Lu districts [of' Shantung], while its most remarkable scenery is at Lung-yen.

   [1985, Early Chinese Texts on Painting, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 182

   The Feng and Shan were probably the state rituals in premodern China imbued with the most momentous religious and political symbolism. Traditionally held at Mount T’ai 泰山 and a nearby hill in modern Shantung 山東, the rituals represented a confirmation of the ruler’s receipt of the Heavenly Mandate.

   [1994, Chen Jo-shui, “Empress Wu and Proto-Feminist Sentiments in T’ang China”, in Frederick P. Brandauer, Chün-chieh Huang, editors, Imperial Rulership and Cultural Change in Traditional China, Seattle; London: University of Washington Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 83

   Taishan, or Mount Tai, is China’s most sacred mountain. For centuries, emperors climbed it to pay homage to heaven and earth. Philosopher Confucius is said to have stood at the towering top, looked down and pronounced the world a small place indeed.

   2017 May 9, Louise Watt, “Climbing Mount Tai: 6,000 steps up China’s sacred mountain”, in AP News, sourced from TAISHAN, China (AP), archived from the original on 08 Feb 2025

   Synonyms: Tai Shan