人じん爵しゃく

noun

worldly honors; secular rank

Rare, literary term for honors or rank conferred by human authority, as opposed to heavenly or moral virtue. Often contrasted with 天爵 (てんしゃく, 'heavenly nobility').

• 孟もう子しは天てん爵しゃくと人じん爵しゃくを区く別べつした。

  Mencius distinguished between heavenly nobility and worldly honors.