James Robson is a scholar of Chinese religion, and this Harvard University Asia Center book is his academic study of the religious landscape of Mount Heng, known as Nanyue, the southern peak of China's Five Great Mountains system, and of how sacred mountains function within Chinese religious geography more broadly. Its strength is combining textual, art historical and fieldwork evidence specifically for Nanyue while situating it within the comparative Five Peaks system, giving genuine depth on this one mountain alongside real comparative context. Its limit, as the source record itself notes, is that its detailed evidence is strongest for Nanyue specifically, so a claim focused on one of the other four peaks, such as Mount Tai in the east, is better checked against a source concentrated on that particular mountain.
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James Robson's scholarly study of Mount Heng and its place within China's Five Great Mountains system; its evidence is strongest for Nanyue specifically, so a claim about another of the five peaks may need a source focused on that peak. NotesJames Robson's scholarly study of the religious landscape of Mount Heng (Nanyue), the southern of China's Five Great Mountains, and its place within the wider system. Use for established facts about Nanyue specifically and, more generally, the Five Great Mountains system it discusses comparatively; its detailed evidence is strongest for Nanyue, so a claim specific to another of the five peaks may need a source focused on that peak.
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AuthorJames Robson
PublisherHarvard University Asia Center
Publication Year2009
URLhttps://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674033320
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Asia directly: "religion, and this Harvard University Asia Center book is his academic study of the religious landscape of Mount Heng, known as Nanyue, the southern peak of China's Five Great Mountains system, and..."
Claims Backed By This Source (40 claims)
This source backs 40 claims across the atlas. As facts: 29 well-attested. As cited relationships: 5 holds. Plus 6 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Sites, 23 claims: 14 well-attested, 4 holds, 5 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Subcategories, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
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