# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/budai
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:21:41.468Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/budai"
name: "Budai"
slug: "budai"
description: "Budai is a nickname given to the historical Chinese monk Qieci in the Later Liang Dynasty, who is often identified with and venerated as the future Buddha Maitreya in Chan Buddhism and Buddhist scripture. With the spread of Chan Buddhism, he also came to be venerated in Vietnam, Korea, and Japan."
tagline: "Figure in Buddhist and East Asian religious traditions"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Budai.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "850"
deathDate: "916"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.84
  momentum:             0.2747576906868942
  historical:           21.81108533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ਬੂਦਾਈ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hotei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87"
    title: "বুদাই"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "বুদাই"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hotei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budai"
    title: "Budai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotei"
    title: "Hotei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budai_(Buddha)"
    title: "Budai (Buddha)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budai"
    title: "Budai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotei"
    title: "Hotei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budai"
    title: "Budai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotei"
    title: "Hotei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C"
    title: "بودای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budai"
    title: "Budai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budai"
    title: "Budai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hotei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://haw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budai"
    title: "Budai"
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  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%95%D7%93%D7%90%D7%99"
    title: "בודאי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu-taj_(Nevet%C5%91_Buddha)"
    title: "Pu-taj (Nevető Buddha)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budai"
    title: "Budai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budai"
    title: "Budai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B8%83%E8%A2%8B"
    title: "布袋"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8F%AC%EB%8C%80%ED%99%94%EC%83%81"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8D"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budai"
    title: "Budai"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump