# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/an-shigao
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:09:15.457Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/an-shigao"
name: "An Shigao"
slug: "an-shigao"
description: "An Shigao was an early Buddhist missionary to China, and the earliest known translator of Indian Buddhist texts into Chinese. According to legend, he was a prince of Parthia, nicknamed the \"Parthian Marquess\", who renounced his claim to the royal throne of Parthia in order to serve as a Buddhist missionary monk in China."
tagline: "Second century Parthian Buddhist missionary to China"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "101"
deathDate: "168"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.682427563891366
  historical:           16.00270533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "安世高"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Shigao"
    title: "An Shigao"
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    title: "An Shigao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "An Shigao"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Shigao"
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  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%89%E4%B8%96%E9%AB%98"
    title: "安世高"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%88%EC%84%B8%EA%B3%A0"
    title: "안세고"
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    title: "An Thế Cao"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump