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Fenshen

Fenshen (Chinese: 分身; lit. 'divide the body') or fenxing 分形 ("divide the physical form") was a legendary Daoist and fangshi Master of Esoterica technique for multilocation, that is, transforming or multiplying one's body into two or more identical versions. A famous story about fenshen concerns general Cao Cao ordering the execution of the alchemist Zuo…

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Baxter–Sagart (2014)
pə[n] n̥i[ŋ]
Chinese
分身
Hangul
분신
Hanja
分身
Hanyu Pinyin
fēnshēn
Hiragana
ぶんしん

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Fenshen

Nodes95
Edges94
Triples58
Avg. degree1.98
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related to Baopuzi · 19
Fenshen → Baopuzi, Biographies, Bright Mirror, Divine Transcendents, Earth, Embraces Simplicity, Ge Hong, Guarding, Jin Dynasty Daoist, Master, Mingjing, Mysterious One, One, Shenxian Zhuan, Shou, Shouyi, The, Truth, Two Baopuzi Inner Chapters
related to Shenxian zhuan · 10
Fenshen → CE, Celestial Masters, Daoist, First, Five Pecks, Five Shenxian, Rice, Sichuan, Way, Zhang Daoling
related to Translations · 5
Fenshen → Buddhist, Daoist, English, The, Translating Chinese
related to Terminology · 4
Fenshen → Cidian, Oxford English Dictionary, The Chinese, The Chinese Hanyu Da
Transcriptions · 3
Fenshen → TranscriptionsRevised Hepburnbunshin, TranscriptionsRevised RomanizationbunsinMcCune–Reischauerpunsin, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinfēnshēnWade–Gilesfen-shenMiddle ChineseMiddle Chinesepjun syinOld ChineseBaxter–Sagart (2014)pə[n] n̥i[ŋ]
related to Textual examples · 2
Fenshen → CE, Chinese
see also · 2
Fenshen → Sung Chi-li, Taiwan
Baxter–Sagart (2014) · 1
Fenshen → pə[n] n̥i[ŋ]
Chinese · 1
Fenshen → 分身
Hangul · 1
Fenshen → 분신

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body zuo one fenxing ji cao divide could ci ge division chinese daoist several form two three would xuan master

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
FenshenBaxter–Sagart (2014)pə[n] n̥i[ŋ]1.00infobox
FenshenChinese分身1.00infobox
FenshenHangul분신1.00infobox
FenshenHanja分身1.00infobox
FenshenHanyu Pinyinfēnshēn1.00infobox
FenshenHiraganaぶんしん1.00infobox
FenshenKanji分身1.00infobox
FenshenLiteral meaningdivide body1.00infobox
FenshenMcCune–Reischauerpunsin1.00infobox
FenshenMiddle Chinesepjun syin1.00infobox
FenshenRevised Hepburnbunshin1.00infobox
FenshenRevised Romanizationbunsin1.00infobox
FenshenTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinfēnshēnWade–Gilesfen-shenMiddle ChineseMiddle Chinesepjun syinOld ChineseBaxter–Sagart (2014)pə[n] n̥i[ŋ]1.00infobox
FenshenTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised RomanizationbunsinMcCune–Reischauerpunsin1.00infobox
FenshenTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised Hepburnbunshin1.00infobox
FenshenWade–Gilesfen-shen1.00infobox

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