# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cheng-yen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:58:50.033Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cheng-yen"
name: "Cheng Yen"
slug: "cheng-yen"
description: "Cheng Yen or Shih Cheng Yen (Chinese: 證嚴法師, 釋證嚴; pinyin: Zhèngyán Fǎshī; Wade–Giles: Chêng4 Yen2 Fa3-shih1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chèng-giâm Hoat-su; born Chin-Yun Wong; the 24th of the third Lunar month, 4 May 1937) is a Taiwanese Buddhist nun (bhikkhuni), teacher, and philanthropist. She is the founder of the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation, ordinarily referred to as Tzu Chi, a Buddhist humanitarian organization based in Taiwan. In the West, she is sometimes referred to as the \"Mother Teresa of Asia\"."
tagline: "Taiwanese Buddhist nun"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dharma_Master_Shih_Cheng_Yen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1937-05-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           19.31115866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Cheng Yen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump