Talk:岳

Shangshu quote

@Erminwin I see that you think 岳 in the Shangshu quote refers to 嵩山. This is interesting to me because traditional commentaries suggest 岳 was a mountain southwest of 太原 corresponding to 太岳山 in modern Shanxi. For example, in 史記三家註, the annotation to the same quote in Shiji writes "《集解》：孔安國曰：「太原今為郡名。太嶽在太原西南。山南曰陽。」　《索隱》：嶽，太嶽，卽冀州之鎭霍太山也。" Also, would you mind sharing which source Eno (2009) is? RcAlex36 (talk) 13:47, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

With pleasure, the source is Eno, Robert (2009) “Shang state religion and the pantheon of the oracle texts”, in Lagerway, J. & Kalinowski M., editors, Early Chinese Religion, Part One: Shang through Han (1250 BC-220 AD), page 62:

By far, the most prominent figures in this sector of the pantheon are the Power He 河, or the River Power, and Yue 岳, or the Mountain Power. These are generally interpreted to denote the Yellow River and Mt. Song (Songshan 嵩山), the major peak in central Henan region of the Yellow River Valley, in the vicinity of the capitals of the Shang state period prior to the move to Anyang ca. 1300 BC, roughly 50 years before the earliest oracle texts.

(book is pay-walled & must be pirated).

However, hasty indeed was my conclusion that 岳 in the Shangshu quote referred to 嵩山, as Eno was talking about 岳 in Shang oracular texts only, not all 岳 in all texts. Should have checked the commentaries on the Shangshu's quote. I hereby admit oversight and will edit definition in light of your finding. Erminwin (talk) 14:59, 31 January 2025 (UTC)