# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bi-sheng
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:55:53.744Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bi-sheng"
name: "Bi Sheng"
slug: "bi-sheng"
description: "Bi Sheng (972–1051) was a Chinese artisan and engineer during the Song dynasty (960–1279), who invented the world's first movable type. Bi's system used fired clay tiles, one for each Chinese character, and was invented between 1039 and 1048. Printing was one of the Four Great Inventions. Because Bi was a commoner, not an educated person, little is known about his life besides this invention."
tagline: "Inventor and printer (990-1052)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mengxi_bitan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "990"
deathDate: "1052"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.04813733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Bi Sheng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%89_%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "بى شنج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi_%C5%9Een"
    title: "Bi Şen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi_Sheng"
    title: "Bi Sheng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi_Sheng"
    title: "Bi Sheng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi_Sheng"
    title: "Bi Sheng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi_%C5%9Ceng"
    title: "Bi Ŝeng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi_Sheng"
    title: "Bi Sheng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi_Sheng"
    title: "Bi Sheng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D8%B4%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "بی شنگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi_Sheng"
    title: "Bi Sheng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi_Sheng"
    title: "Bi Sheng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99_%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%92"
    title: "בי שנג"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%AB_%D5%87%D5%A5%D5%B6"
    title: "Բի Շեն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bi Sheng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi_Sheng"
    title: "Bi Sheng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "畢昇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "პი შენგი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8_%D0%A8%D1%8D%D0%BD"
    title: "Пи Шэн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%84%EC%8A%B9"
    title: "필승"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi_Sheng"
    title: "Bi Sheng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%AC_Sh%C4%93ng"
    title: "Bì Shēng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi_Sheng"
    title: "Bi Sheng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi_Sheng"
    title: "Bi Sheng"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi_Sheng"
    title: "Bi Sheng"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200662"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump