泰山 Mount Tai

　　東岳 East Yue

　　五岳獨尊 the most important mountain of the Five Holy Mountains

　　享譽 have a great reputation

　　五行學說 the theory of five elements

　　生發 liveliness

　　生命之源、萬物之本 a place where nature regulated and adjusted its procedures

　　登基 be crowned

　　封禪祭拜 make pilgrimages to

　　穩如泰山 as firm as Mount Tai

　　重于泰山 as weighty as Mount Tai

　　宣布 proclaim

　　【精彩譯文】

　　Mount Tai, called “East Yue”, has a great reputation for the most important mountain of the Five Holy Mountains. According to the theory of five elements, the East belongs to mu, which means liveliness. Therefore, the East is a place where nature regulated and adjusted its procedures. This explains why important emperors made pilgrimages mostly to Mount Tai when they were crowned or in their later years. It is a symbol of loftiness and might, hence, there are the Chinese idioms: “as firm as Mount Tai” and “as weighty as Mount Tai”. Mount Tai was proclaimed world natural and cultural heritage by UNESCO in 1987.