Shi-jie (English spelling)

Japanese: 尸解 - しかい（英語表記）Shi-jie

In Chinese Taoist and Taoist thought, this refers to a person who dies and then comes back to life, becoming an immortal in another, distant land. Such immortals are called Shijiexian. There are two types of Shijiexian: one in which the soul leaves the body, leaving behind the corpse, and one in which the corpse comes back to life and escapes from the coffin. In the former case, the corpse does not decay and remains as if it were alive. In Ge Hong's Baopuzi, Shijiexian are placed in a lower position than celestial immortals who ascend to heaven and earth immortals who visit famous mountains. This is because immortals, who are supposed to be immortal, take on the form of death.

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Japanese:

中国の神仙思想や道教で，人がいったん死んだのちに生返り，他の離れた土地で仙人になることをいう。また，このような仙人を尸解仙という。尸解には，死体を残して霊魂のみが抜け去るものと，死体が生返って棺より抜け出るものとがある。前者の場合も，死体は腐敗せず，あたかも生きているがごとくであるという。葛洪の『抱朴子』では，昇天する天仙や名山に遊ぶ地仙よりも，尸解仙が低い地位におかれている。これは不死であるはずの仙人が死の形をとるからである。

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