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Change log entry 43510
Processed by: goldyn_chyld (2012-09-08 07:43:50 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 42400 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
"Mt Thai as resting place for departed souls"

"Mt Thai"? Is this another mountain (different from "Mt Tai")?
Or just a typo?

I think it's a typo.

"From time immemorial, the people have personified the mountain or imagined that it has a soul, or is inhabited by a spirit, which is alluded to as the genius of the mountain. This has been given names, which have changed in different epochs. In 1369 the Buddhist founder of the Ming Dynasty decreed that worship should be offered to Tung Yo T'ai Shan. When Taoist influence becomes predominant, Tai Shan has a birthday, and is the abode of a multitude of spirits, ..."

<--- Article "Mount Tai "
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mount_Tai
(seems to be an old version of a Wp article)
Diff:
- 岱宗 岱宗 [Dai4 zong1] /another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]/Mt Thai as resting place for departed souls/
+ 岱宗 岱宗 [Dai4 zong1] /another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]/Mt Tai as resting place for departed souls/
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