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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 himself, and the temporary controller of all forces assigned to him 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 him. Tianren's grace and competence in governing is thought to affect the people and earth and if he fails in his 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 lore, 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 would go on to form the Tuan Dynasty using Jin Ying's precepts. His work would become one of the Five Classics in Kodeshia.

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