00:00For 2,000 years, the emperors of China climbed one mountain to prove they deserved the throne.
00:06Mount Tai, seat of the jade emperor, ruler of heaven.
00:117,200 stone steps, rites so sacred they were performed only at a dynasty's absolute peak.
00:18Confucius climbed it and said the world looked small.
00:21In Chinese, steady as Mount Tai means unshakable.
00:26Dynasties rose and fell.
00:28The mountain outlasted every one of them, which is exactly why the emperors needed it.
