• Zhenren (Chinese: 真人; pinyin: zhēnrén; Wade–Giles: chen-jen; lit. 'true/ upright/ genuine person' or 'person of truth') is a Chinese term that first appeared...
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    Taiyi Zhenren (Chinese: 太乙真人; pinyin: Tàiyǐ Zhēnrén) is a Daoist deity in Chinese religion and Taoism. Taiyi (lit. 'great 2nd Celestial stem') means "primordial...
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    Cihang Zhenren (Chinese: 慈航真人; pinyin: Cíháng Zhēnrén; Wade–Giles: Tz'u-hang Chen-jen; lit. 'Compassion Travel/Navigate True-Person/Perfected-Person')...
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    Yuding Zhenren (玉鼎真人) is a Taoist deity and character in the classic Chinese novel Fengshen Yanyi. He is one of the Twelve Golden Immortals under Yuanshi...
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  • achieved a superior physical form. Enlightened people were sometimes called zhenren and thought to be the living embodiment of the supernatural characteristics...
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  • energies gluttonously. Yuanshi Tianzun dispatches his disciples Taiyi Zhenren and Shen Gongbao to subdue the sentient pearl. Due to its ability to absorb...
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    master"), and a highly accomplished and revered daoshi is often called a zhenren (真人, "perfected person"). Along with Han Chinese priests, there are also...
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  • The following is a list of characters in Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. The 108 Stars of Destiny are at the...
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    changing in his body’s every joint." (1). The (4th century CE) Ziyang zhenren neizhuan 紫陽真人內傳 "Inner Biography of the True Person of Purple Yang" described...
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    different types of beings, including the souls of virtuous Taoists, gods, zhenren, and/or a type of supernatural spiritual being who understood heaven. Taoists...
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  • able to walk and talk, and is taken on as a student of the immortal Taiyi Zhenren. The Dragon Kings of the Four Seas, tired of being peaceful, have become...
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    walk immediately after birth. He was later accepted by the immortal Taiyi Zhenren as a student. He had two older brothers, Jinzha, a disciple of Wenshu Guangfa...
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     23. Komjathy (2014), p. 80. "zhenren". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 April 2023. Lagerway, John (2005). "Zhenren". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved...
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  • that can be one or more of these things: a powerful spirit, a god, a zhenren (真人), and/or someone who has obtained immortality or extraordinary longevity...
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    Phases) Bianhua Fan (reversal) Wu-wei (non-action) Ziran Xian (immortal) Zhenren Zhenxing (true name) Three Treasures Jing Qi Shen Hun and po Practices...
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  • reality the automaton. Leizhenzi and Lan Die go find a sorceress Taiyi Zhenren, who uses his dreams to read into his mind. After being woken by the plant...
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    Phases) Bianhua Fan (reversal) Wu-wei (non-action) Ziran Xian (immortal) Zhenren Zhenxing (true name) Three Treasures Jing Qi Shen Hun and po Practices...
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    an elite superiorman—even greater than that of Nezha's teacher, Taiyi Zhenren. After a fine duel had ensued between Muzha and Nezha and Li Jing attempted...
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    records claim Guanyin was a Chinese woman who became an immortal, Cihang Zhenren in Shang dynasty or Xingyin (姓音). Guanyin is revered in the general Chinese...
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    father. After Nezha was reincarnated, his body remade by his master Taiyi Zhenren, his father saw him and said, "You vermin! When you were my child, you...
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  • Phases) Bianhua Fan (reversal) Wu-wei (non-action) Ziran Xian (immortal) Zhenren Zhenxing (true name) Three Treasures Jing Qi Shen Hun and po Practices...
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    Zhāng tiānshī), Ancestral Celestial Master (祖天師, Zǔtiānshī) or Zhengyi Zhenren (正一真人) to Taoists. Zhang is sometimes pictured riding on a tiger. In some...
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    satisfaction achieved by the zhiren (至人 "perfect person; sage; saint", cf. zhenren). Now, that which wanders free and easy is clearly the mind of the Perfected...
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    Ise. Here, she is a elemental spirit similar to a vampire, a xian and zhenren who survived to the present day under the alias Hinako Akuta and desires...
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    manifestation. In the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Confucian four books, the zhenren (wise) is the man who has achieved a spiritual status developing his true...
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    The emperor, who was unable to find Zhang Sanfeng, gave him the title of zhenren (Taoist immortal). Portrayed by Alex Man in the 1980 ATV TV Series Tai...
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    Phases) Bianhua Fan (reversal) Wu-wei (non-action) Ziran Xian (immortal) Zhenren Zhenxing (true name) Three Treasures Jing Qi Shen Hun and po Practices...
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    antiquity, but it is not old. The 2nd century BCE Huainanzi mentions a zhenren ("true person; perfected person") and the taiji that transcends categories...
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    Phases) Bianhua Fan (reversal) Wu-wei (non-action) Ziran Xian (immortal) Zhenren Zhenxing (true name) Three Treasures Jing Qi Shen Hun and po Practices...
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    Phases) Bianhua Fan (reversal) Wu-wei (non-action) Ziran Xian (immortal) Zhenren Zhenxing (true name) Three Treasures Jing Qi Shen Hun and po Practices...
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