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Lesser Grotto 8: Mount Lu小洞天八 庐山洞(洞灵真天)

Type
Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
Location
China · Jiangxi · Jiujiang · Mount Lu
Coordinates
29.56, 115.99 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 eighth of the Thirty-six Lesser Grotto-Heavens, titled the "Grotto-Heaven of Numinous Truth," governed by the Perfected Zhou Zhengshi. This is Mount Lu in Jiangxi, site of Lu Xiujing's Jianji Temple. See the entry "Mount Lu" for further detail.

Related figures

Lu Xiujing

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)