![]() ![]() ![]() The archaic Chinese character 眞 was reduced into 真, which is the Traditional Chinese character, Simplified Chinese character, and Japanese Kanji. It originated in the Taoist Tao Te Ching and does not appear in the early Confucian classics. ![]() It was originally written with an ideogram (one of the rarest types in Chinese character classification) depicting "spiritual transformation". The common Chinese word zhen 真 "true real authentic" is linguistically unusual. Religious Taoism mythologized zhenren, having them occupy various places in the celestial hierarchy sometimes synonymous with xian, while Chinese Buddhism used it to translate Arahant "Enlightened One". 'true/genuine person' or 'person of truth') is a Chinese term that first appeared in the Zhuangzi meaning " Taoist spiritual master" in those writings. Zhenren ( Chinese: 真人 pinyin: zhēnrén Wade–Giles: chen-jen lit. ![]()
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