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”.

南華真人

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.

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

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