Mount Tai

• Mount T'ai (Wade–Giles)

Partial calque of Mandarin 泰山 (Tàishān).

• enPR: tī
• Rhymes: -aɪ

Mount Tai

1. A mountain in Taishan district, Tai'an, Shandong, China.
   • 1879, Robert K. Douglas, Confucianism and Taouism‎^[1], London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, →OCLC, →OL, page 240:

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

   • [1985, Early Chinese Texts on Painting‎^[2], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 182:

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

   • [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^[3], Seattle, London: University of Washington Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 83:

     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.]

   • 2016 February 15, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “China’s Legal Professionals, Under Limits at Home, Note Scalia’s Death”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 February 2016, Asia Pacific‎^[5]:

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

   • 2017 May 9, Louise Watt, “Climbing Mount Tai: 6,000 steps up China’s sacred mountain”, in AP News‎^[6], sourced from TAISHAN, China (AP), archived from the original on 08 February 2025‎^[7]:

     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.

• Tai Shan

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