Editing Paektu Mountain (section)

== Names ==
The mountain was first recorded in the Chinese ''[[Classic of Mountains and Seas]]'' under the name ''Bùxiánshān'' ({{lang-zh|c=|labels=no|s=|t=不鹹山}}). It is also called ''Shànshàndàlǐng'' ({{lang-zh|t=單單大嶺|labels=no}}) in the ''[[Book of the Later Han]]''. In the ''[[Book of Wei]]'' and the ''[[Book of Sui]]'' it is also referred to as ''Dutàishān'' (徒太山), which is also mentioned as ''Cóngtàishān'' (從太山) in the ''[[History of the Northern Dynasties]]'', likely as a misspelling of ''Dutàishān''. In the ''[[New Book of Tang]]'', it was called ''Tàibáishān'' ({{lang-zh|c=|labels=no|t=太白山}}).<ref name=NewTang>Second Canonical Book of the Tang Dynasty. {{lang|zh-hant|《[[:s:zh:新唐書/卷219|新唐書.北狄渤海傳]]》:"契丹盡忠殺營州都督趙翽反，有舍利乞乞仲象者，與靺鞨酋乞四比羽及高麗餘種東走，度遼水，保太白山之東北，阻奧婁河，樹壁自固。"}} (English translation: [[Khitan people|Khitan]] general Li Jinzhong killed Zhao Hui, the commanding officer of [[Yin Zhou]]. Officer [[Dae Jung-sang]], with [[Mohe people|Mohe]] chieftain [[Qisi Piyu]] and [[Goguryeo]] remnants, escaped to the east, crossed Liao River, guarded the northeast part of the Grand Old White Mountain, blocked Oulou River, built walls to protect themselves.)</ref> The current Chinese name, C''hángbáishān'' ({{lang-zh|t=長白山|s=长白山|labels=no|l=ever white mountain}}), was first used in the [[Liao dynasty]] (916–1125) of the [[Khitan people|Khitans]]<ref name=Liao>"Records of [[Khitan Empire]]". 《[[:zh:契丹国志|契丹國志]]》："長白山在冷山東南千餘里......禽獸皆白。"(English translation: "Changbai Mountain is a thousand miles to the southeast of Cold Mountain...Birds and animals there are all white.")</ref> and then the [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]] (1115–1234) of the [[Jurchens]].<ref name=Jin>"Canonical History Records of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty". {{lang|zh-hant|《[[:s:zh:金史/卷35|金史.卷第三十五]]》："長白山在興王之地，禮合尊崇，議封爵，建廟宇。""厥惟長白，載我金德，仰止其高，實惟我舊邦之鎮。"}} (English translation: "Changbai Mountain is in old Jurchen land, highly respectful, suitable for building temples. Only the Changbai Mountain can carry Jin Dynasty's spirit; It is so high; It is a part of our old land.")</ref> The ''[[Liao Shi]]'' recorded that chiefs of 30 [[Jurchen people|Jurchen]] tribes from Mount Changbai paid their tribute to the Liao in AD 985. According to the [[Song dynasty]] travelogue ''Songmo Jiwen'', it was named as such because the mountain was "the abode of the white-robed [[Guanyin]]" and its birds and beasts were all white.<ref name="changchun">{{cite web |editor-last=Han |editor-first=Ai |script-title=zh:寻脉长白山溯文化源起 |title=Xún mài zhǎngbáishān sù wénhuà yuán qǐ |trans-title=Looking for pulses and tracing the origin of culture in Changbai Mountain |language=zh |url=http://www.changchun.gov.cn/zjzc/mlzc/rw/201807/t20180725_453207.html |work=Changchun Daily |date=25 July 2018 |access-date=20 May 2022 |archive-date=5 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305044858/http://www.changchun.gov.cn/zjzc/mlzc/rw/201807/t20180725_453207.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> The modern [[Manchu language|Manchu]] name of the mountain, which is {{lang|mnc-Latn|golmin šanggiyan alin}} ({{lang|mnc|ᡤᠣᠯᠮᡳᠨ ᡧᠠᠩᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᠠᠯᡳᠨ}}), also means 'ever white mountain'.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

The Korean name ''Baekdusan'' / ''Paektusan'' ({{Korean|hangul=백두산|hanja=白頭山|labels=no}}) first appears in literature in the 10th year of [[Seongjong of Goryeo]] (991) in the {{lang|ko-Latn|[[Goryeosa]]}}, compiled at the beginning of the Joseon period.<ref>"압록강 바깥의 여진족을 '''백두산''' 너머로 쫓아내어, 그 곳에서 거주하게 하였다."(逐鴨綠江外女眞於'''白頭山'''外, 居之.) 출처: 《고려사》 성종 10년조 겨울 10월 무진일</ref> It means 'white-head mountain'. In other records such as the ''[[Samguk yusa]]'' and the ''[[Jewang ungi]]'' it is also called {{lang|ko-Latn|Taebaeksan}} ({{Korean|hangul=태백산|hanja=太白山|labels=no}}), which means 'great-white mountain'.<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ko:백두산(白頭山) |url=https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/ |access-date=5 December 2023 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Korean Culture]] |language=ko}}</ref> It was also occasionally called ''Changbaeksan'' (長白山) and ''Baeksan'' (白山) in the [[Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty]]. An alternative Chinese name, {{lang|zh-Latn|Báitóushān}} ({{lang-zh |t=白頭山 |s=白头山 |labels=no}}), is the transliteration of ''Baekdusan''.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ISBN750312136X |title=Zhōngguó dìtú jí |publisher=China Map Publishing House |year=1999 |isbn=7-5031-2136-X |page=31 |script-title=zh:中国地图集 |trans-title=Atlas of China |language=zh}}</ref>

The [[Mongolian language|Mongolian]] name is {{lang|mn-Latn|Öndör Tsagaan Aula}} ({{lang|mn-Cyrl|Өндөр Цагаан Уул}}), which means 'lofty white mountain'. In English, various authors have used nonstandard transliterations.<ref name="transliterations" />