Mount Tai

English

Alternative forms

• Mount T'ai (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

Partial calque of Mandarin 泰山 (Tàishān).

Pronunciation

• enPR: tī

Proper noun

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.

Synonyms

• Tai Shan

Translations

Mount Tai

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泰山 (zh) (Tài Shān)

• Hungarian: Taishan-hegy
• Japanese: 泰山 (ja)
• Korean: 태산 (ko) (taesan)
• Manchu: ᡨᠠᡳ
  ᡧᠠᠨ᠋
  ᠠᠯᡳᠨ (tai šan' alin)

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