Mount Tai

Mount Tai is a mountain of historical and cultural significance located in Shandong province, China. Mount Tai is of key importance in Chinese religion, being the eastern one of the five Sacred Mountains of China. According to historical records, Mount Tai became a sacred place visited by emperors to offer sacrifices and meditate in the Zhou Dynasty before 1,000 BC. A total of 72 emperors were recorded as visiting it. Writers also came to acquire inspiration, to compose poems, write essays, paint and take pictures. Hence, a great many cultural relics were left on the mountain. During the reign of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of Han, the Emperor has visited Mount Tai 8 times, praising the deities associated to this mountain. In 90 BC, the elderly aged Emperor spent most of the national strength on military operations, and his crown prince died because of his paranoia, leaving the court and the royal family in a mess. Liu Guang, the King Lu’an and nephew of the Emperor, was incurably sick. He decided to allocate the administration of Mount Tai to his sons, hoping to train their abilities of governing. In this game, the player shall play as one of the princes of the King to govern part of Mount Tai, working to win the praise from the Emperor. After the duration of two years, the prince with the most prosperous feud shall win the game. —description from the publisher 泰山，自古以來被視為最靠近天的山，橫貫山東中部。 天以高為尊，地以厚為德。故增泰山之高以報天，禪梁父之址以報地。在傳統信仰中，天空代表神的所在位置，所以人們總以為：越靠近天空代表著越接近神。由於泰山地勢高聳且距離都城不遠，中國古代多為皇帝曾經前往泰山之頂祭天，而其更富有著“登泰山而小天下”的盛名。漢武帝曾經八次登頂泰山，更是留下了“泰山八贊”的驚歎。 征和三年（西元前90年），漢武帝晚年窮兵黷武，太子又因巫蠱之禍而亡，朝廷內外一片混亂。當時世道不穩，漢武帝侄子魯安王劉光深感自己久病難醫。為穩固大漢江山，將泰山分給子孫治理，以期將子孫培養成國之棟樑。 玩家在遊戲中將扮演當時魯安王劉光子孫中的一位，各自治理泰山一隅，為使封地達到“泰山八贊”的“高度”而努力。兩年之後，看誰將自己的封地治理的最好，最受人民愛戴，誰就將獲得勝利。 —description from the publisher (Chinese)