Blessed Land 42: Maogong Altar福地四十二 毛公坛
- Type
- Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
- Location
- China · Jiangsu · Wuzhong, Suzhou · Xishan, Lake Dongting, Lake Tai
- Coordinates
- 31.08, 120.28 Map ↗
- First built
- Same as above · The system of Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands took shape during the Eastern Jin and the Southern Dynasties; the Tang Daoists Sima Chengzhen and Du Guangting fixed the list of names. The precise present-day location is a matter of scholarly conjecture.
Overview
The forty-second of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands: "It lies in Changzhou County, Suzhou, and is governed by the Perfected Zhuang." This is Xishan in Lake Tai, traditionally said to be where Liu Gen (known as Maogong, "Master Mao") of the Han cultivated the Dao, and it neighbors the Linwu Grotto-Heaven.