# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bu-shang
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:59:24.748Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bu-shang"
name: "Bu Shang"
slug: "bu-shang"
description: "Bu Shang, commonly known by his courtesy name Zixia or as Buzi, was an ancient Chinese philosopher and a prominent disciple of Confucius who was considered one of the most accomplished in cultural learning. He was one of the five disciples who took chief responsibility for the transmission of Confucius' teachings. He played a significant role in the transmission of such classics as the Book of Poetry and the I Ching. He established his own school, and taught Marquess Wen of Wei, ruler of Wei, the most powerful state of the early Warring States period."
tagline: "5th-century BC prominent disciple of Confucius"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Half_Portraits_of_the_Great_Sage_and_Virtuous_Men_of_Old_-_Bu_Shang_Zixia_(%E5%8D%9C%E5%95%86_%E5%AD%90%E5%A4%8F).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "-507"
deathDate: "-420"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.01
  momentum:             3.679245283018869
  historical:           11.840644
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E5%8D%9C%E5%95%86"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bu_Shang"
    title: "Bu Shang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bu_Shang"
    title: "Bu Shang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%95_%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%92"
    title: "בו שאנג"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%90%E5%A4%8F"
    title: "子夏"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B3%B5%EC%83%81"
    title: "복상"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bu_Shang"
    title: "Bu Shang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bu_Shang"
    title: "Bu Shang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Бу Шан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%E1%BB%91c_Th%C6%B0%C6%A1ng"
    title: "Bốc Thương"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%90%E5%A4%8F"
    title: "子夏"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%90%E5%A4%8F"
    title: "子夏"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%BA-h%C4%81"
    title: "Chú-hā"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%90%E5%A4%8F"
    title: "子夏"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10944085"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump