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Zhenren

The true person: the Zhuangzi’s name for the realized sage, free and in accord with heaven.

Also: chen-jen, true man

Daoism and Chinese thought

The zhenren, the genuine or perfected person, is described in the Zhuangzi as one who does not resist misfortune or boast of success, sleeps without dreams, breathes from the heels, and neither loves life nor hates death. Linji later spoke of the true person without rank.