P'eng-lai

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See also: Penglai and Pénglái

English

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Etymology

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From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 蓬萊蓬莱 (Pénglái) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻeng²-lai².

Proper noun

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P'eng-lai

  1. Alternative form of Penglai
    • 1966, Holmes Welch, Taoism: The Parting of the Way[1], Beacon Press, page 101:
      Li Shao-chün not only promised the Emperor immortality after seeing P'eng-lai, but he said that he himself had been to P'eng-lai.
    • 1980, Sweet and Sour[2], New York: Clarion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 10:
      'The Pointing Finger' is one of many Taoist tales about the Eight Immortals whose fabled home was the magical island of P'eng-lai.
    • 2012, Teresa Moorey, Understand Chinese mythology[3], →ISBN, page 3:
      The second strand features such personages as the Hsi Wang Mu, Queen Mother of the West, and places such as the Isles of P'eng-lai in the east.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:P'eng-lai.

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