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What are the various connotations of gods, ghosts, spirits, and spectres in Chinese?

(Continue the series: 天 大 人 小 ??)

Come to think of it, "God is Dead" is true for both christians and Nietzsche's madman: as Gautama's charioteer explains, living things are subject to age, disease, and death; the christian god is subject to none of these, therefore He –not being quick— is dead.



what would JZY say?

Here, it is explained that “神“ would be used in a posthumous title out of politeness...

(JZY wrote down Px for that)

https://view.inews.qq.com/k/20231216A08KQ700?no-redirect=1&w...




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