Southern Continent of Jambu (南贍部洲, Nánshàn bùzhōu?) is one of the Four Great Continents in the Universe.[1]
Description[]
The following places are located on the Southern Continent:
- Great Tang
Synopsis[]
Although he asked about the way of the Immortals, the Monkey King was unable to meet one. He spent eight or nine years in the Southern Jambu Continent, going through its great walls and visiting its little counties. When he found that he had reached the West Sea he thought that there must be Sages and Immortals on the other side of it, so he made himself another raft like the last one, and floated across the West Sea until he came to the Western Continent. He went ashore and made extensive and lengthy enquiries until one day he came upon a high and beautiful mountain, thickly forested on its lower slopes.[1]
Trivia[]
- In Buddhist cosmology, the Southern Continent is called Jambudvīpa (閻浮提, Yán fú tí?) and is shaped like a blunted triangle with the point facing south, somewhat like the Indian subcontinent. The inhabitants are ordinary human beings. It is the only place where someone may become enlightened by being born as a human being. The people here are 1.5 to 1.8 metres (5 to 6 feet) tall and their length of life varies between 10 and about 10140 years.