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Tianren or "The Person of Heaven" is an ancient Kodeshian political term referring to the sovereign of the empire, although in modern times Tianren entire takes on the entire as such. Tianren is an important concept politically, philosophically, and theologically as it it sets up the center of the circle of states. The person who is Tianren is thought to be a deity in themselves, and the temporary controller of all forces assigned to them by Heaven. Thus all states that are in union with heaven must give deference to him, and the holder of the position must create "strong rules, and strong punishments" to regulate the states beneath them. Tianren's grace and competence in governing is thought to affect the people and earth and if they fails in their job "the people will fall into degeneracy, the fields will fail, the sciences will be lost, and the empire will decay away from heaven". When the circle of states breaks up again with the position of Tianren is in multiple hands, heaven has abandoned the current dynasty and is looking for another.

Tianren was created by Teacher Jin Ying in the Later Zu. The teacher saw that the emperor was confused on his role, leaving material reality and moving towards fruitless mysticism. He wrote the Lectures of the Teacher in somewhere around Western Kodeshia or modern Hydar and was purported to go on a great expedition through the mountains to deliver it to the emperor. The emperor had him executed, but his work was not lost due to being found by a young general. This young general she would go on to form the Tuan Dynasty using Jin Ying's precepts. Her work would become one of the Five Classics in Kodeshia. In 788 C.E. She and the emperor would travel to the Western Mountain where in a hidden valley, she would meet with her disciple, the sage who would go on to form the Wenmu Dao school in Hydar and would eventually write a few books. However, the emperor would not accept the work, feeling it was too abstract for him.

After Wenmu, Wenmu Dao would move to the North in the mountain highlands as Islam spread through the region that now modern Hydar State. The teachings would become more abstract, as Wenmu focused on wisdom. However, it would also form Zhaoism under Nian. In 818, Hegemon Lu Xixian would travel to the North, where he would have one of his followers named Jie Wei form Jiewei Dao school. After the North, the teachings would spread to other schools such as Guan Dao and Chong Dao.

After the Three Kingdoms, the Three Teachings would be split into Five Teachings. The teachings would slowly die out, but they would eventually remerge with the Wudang sect and the Tian Dao school. The Five Teachings would be the main teachings in Kodeshia. After the Wudang sect was formed, the Five Teachings had only slightly influence over Taoism. However, many sages would try to make a return to the five teachings, and they would slowly influence Taoism.

Concepts
The concept of Tianren is the power of a state. All people will submit to the power of heaven if it is in union with heaven. Thus Tianren is in union with heaven. If the state is in union with heaven but does not give deference to Tianren, Tianren will then take the control and everyone will submit to him. Thus it becomes a tyrannical state with tyranny over all other states. The only people able to go against Tianren are he who has successfully overthrown Tianren, but this is rare and it is always a difficult job.

In the beginning, Tianren is in a different state than the universe and he is empty. He is not a concept or a principle, but a being in the state of yin. The yang universe is represented by Yangzi which represents heaven. All the yang universe is composed of elements and concepts which are connected to each other. The heavens is ruled by Tianren. The Tians created the heavens and earth and humans and the universe. By controlling the heavens, they created the heavens and earth and humanity.

The heaven, the earth and humanity were created by Tianren's control, but he controls them through the use of five concepts, the five elements. Water is the element representing humanity, earth represents the earth, fire represents heaven, metal represents the heavens and wood represents the heavens. These five elements work together to control the five senses which Tianren controls. To stop the five elements, Tianren's subjects would be able to stop Tianren's powers.

Commentary
Tianren is called the "master of the universe", which as we would assume means that it can control the world and make it as it wishes it to be. In reality, he is an emperor who can control himself and control his ministers, and those below him. He is the leader of the circle of all humanity and earth. He should lead by the laws of nature, which means living in a natural, harmonious manner, and that he should give power to those below him. Tianren's powers are limitless as is his authority. He can give orders to the heavens, people, earth, and nature. One should always remember that the emperor will have his shortcomings, and he should be lenient and kind in handling them. He has the ultimate authority and can create punishments that are out of this world, that is they are not punishments that will be understood by the common people. The emperor is also a spiritual leader, who like the sages of old should listen to the voices of heaven and people, and lead by the laws of nature. He is the father to all human beings and as such should be kind and tolerant in his treatment of them.

Interpretation by the Schools
There are many schools of thought on what Jin Ying meant when creating the position of Tianren, depending on what School you belong to, some say it was a position of leadership, some say a role in the Tao, and some say it was a position outside of the Tao.

Since Taoism has slowly become the state religion of the Kodeshi Empire, this was helped by the influence of the first sect within the Xingguang School, which is the sect to which the Empress was a member having been converted to its caused by the teachings of a sage master on the matter. Her brother, was a proponent of the Furen School and died a martyr to his cause. A student of his is presumed to have created the Furen School. While the Empress supported the teachings of the Xingguang School.

The Furen School of thought says that Tianren is a role of leadership, and like many of the early positions of leadership in the Tao, was first seen in the early imperial dynasties. They were the officials who held most of the positions of power, which the Furen school would say that the term was chosen because it was the first position of leadership. However, the Xingguang School argue that the Tianren or "The Person of Heaven" is more that just a role of leadership but is a real presence in the world and has a link with the heavens and a specific role. This bond between heaven and earth gives the Tianren a vital role in guiding and caring for their society. They believe that it can be seen throughout the Three Realms, and that the Tianren is a role that is handed down from the sky goddess who created the humanity. So that the Tianren must achieve balance between heaven and earth to bring order to the realm. Some consider the title of Tianren to be a "mythological persona" or the "transcendental persona of heaven" with no real form. This is because they believe that Tianren is the source of life and energy of the universe and that we are not made up of flesh and blood, but the "soul" of the universe. This relates to its connection to the Tao which Tianren is considered the part of the Tao.