Mount Tai
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Alternative forms
- Mount T'ai (Wade–Giles)
Etymology
Partial calque of Mandarin 泰山 (Tàishān).
Pronunciation
- enPR: tī
Proper noun
Mount Tai
- A mountain in Taishan district, Tai'an, Shandong, China.
- 1879, Robert K. Douglas, Confucianism and Taouism, 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.
- [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:
- 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, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 February 2016, Asia Pacific:
- Mount Tai, in the eastern province of Shandong, represents longevity in Chinese tradition.
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