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Blessed Land 1: Mount Difei (Maoshan)福地一 地肺山

Type
Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
Location
China · Jiangsu · Jurong, Zhenjiang · Maoshan
Coordinates
31.79, 119.33 Map
School
Shangqing (Highest Clarity) School
First built
Same as above · The Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands system took shape in the Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties, with the list of names fixed in the Tang by Sima Chengzhen and Du Guangting; the present-day location is a scholarly inference.

Overview

The first of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands, described as lying “within the boundary of Jurong County, Jiangning Prefecture, formerly the place of Tao the Recluse's seclusion” — that is, Maoshan. See the entry “Mount Mao” for further detail.

Related figures

Tao Hongjing

Related scriptures

Chart of the Palaces and Bureaus of Heaven and Earth, Record of Grotto-Heavens, Blessed Lands, Marchmounts, Rivers and Famous Mountains, Seven Slips from the Bookbag of the Clouds (Yunji qiqian)