南華真人

See also: 南华真人

Chinese

		Zhuangzi	real person; real people; one who has attained the Tao real person; real people; one who has attained the Tao; immortal; true man
trad. (南華真人/南華眞人)		南華	真人/眞人
simp. (南华真人)		南华	真人
Literally: “true man from the southern lands”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nán Huá zhēnrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄓㄣ ㄖㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Nán Huá zhēnrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄓㄣ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nán Huá jhenrén
    • Wade–Giles: Nan² Hua² chên¹-jên²
    • Yale: Nán Hwá jēn-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nan Hwa jenren
    • Palladius: Нань Хуа чжэньжэнь (Nanʹ Xua čžɛnʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ xu̯ä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/

Proper noun

南華真人

1. (archaic) Zhuangzi

Usage notes

• After his death, Zhuangzi was deified by his followers. They said that he would later travel to the north, and ascend to the heavens as an immortal in a blaze of fire. In the first year of the Tianbao era (742), Emperor Xuanzong of Tang gave Zhuangzi the appellation true man from the southern lands.

References

• Luo, Guanzhong (14th century) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms, page 10, note 24 (in Mandarin), published 1994, →ISBN