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Peak (Nanyue), and referred to a secret mountain near jin'an ~~ in Fujian
province (*Zhengao, 13.Sa and 14.7b, and Zhoushi mingtongji JWJ If; ~ ill! tic, eT
302). This "Greater Mount Huo" was the ultimate destination of *Tao Hong-
jing in his southern journey between 50S and 512, and was considered the
headquarters of *Wei Huacun (Schafer 1977b, 129 and 134) and Mao Ying :;!f
ifii. (Strickmann 1977, 41, and Strickmann 1979, 152; on Mao Ying see the entry
*Maojun). The "Lesser Mount Huo" was understood by Tao to refer to the
mountain in Anhui. In later Taoist sources, Huoshan (Anhui) is identified as
the "heir apparent" (chujun {~;g) or "assistant" lfu il\~ ), along with Mount Qian
(Qianshan m LlJ or 11 LlJ, Anhui), to the Southern Peak, which is identified as
Mount Heng in Hunan (*Yunji qiqian, 79.20a, and Inoue Ichii 1931, 2S-30). Yet,
among *Shangqing Taoists, "Greater Mount Huo" was also associated with
a site within the *Tiantai mountain range (Zhejiang; Schafer 1979, 33).
James ROBSON

W Geil 192 6, II7--63
* Nanyue; TAOIST SACRED SITES