至人

Readings

Pinyin: zhìrén

Wade-Giles: chih-jen

Hangul: 지인

Korean MC: jiin

Korean MR: chiin

Katakana: シジン

Katakana: シニン

Hepburn: shijin

Hepburn: shinin

chí nhân

perfected person

• An accomplished person; an excellent person. Someone who has internalized the universal principle to the highest degree. A Buddha; Śākyamuni, Maitreya (Skt. narôttama). 〔六祖壇經 T 2008.48.346a13, 四分律 T 1428.22.572a3〕 至人無己 〔莊子･逍遙遊〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): FGD, Hirakawa, Nakamura, Soothill]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 426

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 439b

Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga), 2-P351, 14-P233

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 537c →しにん , 538a

Ding Fubao, {Digital Version}

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0994

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 751-2

Soothill, 219

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