# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cheng-xuanying
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:15:03.460Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cheng-xuanying"
name: "Cheng Xuanying"
slug: "cheng-xuanying"
description: "Cheng Xuanying, courtesy name Zishi (子實), was a Taoist monk known to posterity as the \"Master of Doctrines at Xihua Abbey\" (西華法師) and was one of the principal representatives of the \"School of Double Mystery\" (Chongxuan) during the reigns of the emperors Taizong and Gaozong of the Tang dynasty. He is mainly known for his commentaries to the Daodejing and the Zhuangzi."
tagline: "7th-century Chinese Taoist monk"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "700"
deathDate: "700"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.41
  momentum:             0.8074534161490684
  historical:           6.745861333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%88%90%E7%8E%84%E8%8B%B1"
    title: "成玄英"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheng_Xuanying"
    title: "Cheng Xuanying"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheng_Xuanying"
    title: "Cheng Xuanying"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheng_Xuanying"
    title: "Cheng Xuanying"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheng_Xuanying"
    title: "Cheng Xuanying"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%88%90%E7%8E%84%E8%8B%B1"
    title: "成玄英"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D1%8D%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D1%8E%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Чэн Сюаньин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1069899"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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