yuren
human_specialist Taoist single tradition · 1
Yuren are 'feathered people' associated with immortals and motifs of feathers and flight. The term later came to mean 'Daoist'.
When
- First attested
- 300 BCE
- Attested period
- -300 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Term appears in texts such as the Zhuangzi, Chuci, and Liezi.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- fox gods, Yellow Emperor
- syncretized with
- xian
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“They sometimes employed the term yuren (羽人; 'feathered person'; later also meaning "Daoist") and associated immortals with motifs of feathers and flight, such as yuhua (羽化; yǔhuà), with "feather; wing".”
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