“太行山,又名五行山、王母山、女娲山,是中国东部地区的重要山脉和地理分界线。山脉北起北京市西山,向南延伸至河南与山西交界地区的王屋山,西接山西高原,东临华北平原,绵延400余公里。它是中国地形第二阶梯的东缘,也是黄土高原的东部界线。”上述文字摘自百度“太行山”词条的表述。但这些语句远不能概括太行山在华夏历史演变、民族集体记忆中的重要地位。让我们翻开简牍,在浩瀚的文史典籍中寻找太行山的踪迹:成书于战国时期的《山海经》载: “The Taihang Mountains, also known as the Wuxing Mountains, the Wangmushan Mountains and the Nvwa Mountain, are important mountain ranges and geographic boundaries in the eastern part of China. The mountains range from the Xishan Mountain in Beijing to the north and extend to Wangwu Mountain in the border area between Henan and Shanxi It is connected to the Shanxi Plateau and to the east of the North China Plain, stretching over 400 kilometers. It is the eastern edge of the second step of China’s terrain and also the eastern boundary of the Loess Plateau. ”“ The above text is taken from the Baidu ”Taihang Mountain" entry. However, these sentences can not sum up the important position of Taihang Mountain in the historical evolution of Chinese nation and the collective memory of the nation. Let us open the jianchi and search for traces of the Taihang Mountains in the vast collection of literature and history: The Book of Mountains and Seas, written in the Warring States period, contains: