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Lesser Grotto 6: Mount Song小洞天六 中岳嵩山洞(司马洞天)

Type
Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
Location
China · Henan · Dengfeng, Zhengzhou · Mount Song
Coordinates
34.51, 113.04 Map
First built
Same as above · The Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands system took shape in the Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties; the roster of names was fixed in the Tang by Sima Chengzhen and Du Guangting. Present-day identifications are conjectural.

Overview

The sixth of the Thirty-six Lesser Grotto-Heavens, titled the "Grotto-Heaven of Sima" (also written "the Highest Emperor's True Perfection"), governed by the immortal Deng Yunshan. This is the Central Marchmount, Mount Song. See the entry "Mount Song" for further detail.

Related figures

Kou Qianzhi

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)