Translating Mortal Kombat's Japanese Names Into Chinese


What I find weird in Mortal Kombat is that although the game is usually based on Taoist/Buddhist concepts, the names of some characters are in Japanese.  So here's what I hope would be help to how their names are in Chinese:

Raiden's name (雷電) in Chinese would be Lei Dian.  However I would have preferred him to be named Lei Gong, after the Taoist god of thunder.

Fujin's name (風神) would be Feng Shen (Wind God).  There is also a Taoist temple in real life called Tainan Fengshen Temple.

Jinsei (人生) would be Ren Sheng or human nature.  This may also be viewed as Qi in Taoism.


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