sage; morally perfect person; highly virtuous person
Formal, literary, and rare term for an ideal person of the highest moral attainment, often used in classical Chinese-influenced contexts.
In classical texts, the sage is portrayed as an ideal person who is not swayed by desires.
From Chinese 至人 (zhìrén), a term used in Daoist and Confucian texts for a person of the highest virtue. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of ultimate moral attainment.