Recluse

 ( Living Arrangements ) 

A recluse is a person who lives in voluntary seclusion and solitude. The word is from the Latin recludere, which means 'to open' or 'disclose'.

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Description Examples of recluses are Symeon of Trier, who lived within the great Roman gate Porta Nigra with permission from the Archbishop of Trier, or Theophan the Recluse, a 19th-century Orthodox Christian monk who was later venerated as a saint. Many celebrated figures of human history have spent significant portions of their lives as recluses.

In the Russian Orthodox and Catholic Church tradition, a Poustinik is a temporary hermit who has been called to pray and fast alone in a cabin for at least 24 hours.

In ancient Chinese culture, are encouraged to be a public servant in a scrupulous and well-run government but expected to go into reclusion as a yinshi (隐士, 'gentleman-in-hiding') when the government is rife with corruption. Analects 8:13 《論語 · 泰伯》：天下有道則見，無道則隱。Show you talents through in a well-governed world; go into hiding in dark times . Others, like Dongfang Shuo, became hermits to practice Taoism, or in later centuries, Chan Buddhism.

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Notable recluses

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See also

• Anchorite
• Hermit
• Hikikomori
• Introversion
• Recluse literature

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