# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chung-chao-cheng
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:18:32.285Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chung-chao-cheng"
name: "Chung Chao-cheng"
slug: "chung-chao-cheng"
description: "Chung Chao-cheng was a Taiwanese novelist of Hakka descent born in the Hsinchu Prefecture during the Japanese rule period. Revered as the \"Mother of Taiwanese Literature\" in Taiwan, he is also frequently mentioned alongside Taiwanese writer Yeh Shih-tao, collectively known as \"North Chung, South Yeh\"."
tagline: "Taiwanese Hakka writer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1925-01-20"
deathDate: "2020-05-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.76
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.091584
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%8D%BE%E8%82%87%E6%94%BF"
    title: "鍾肇政"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Chao-cheng"
    title: "Chung Chao-cheng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Chao-cheng"
    title: "Chung Chao-cheng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Chao-cheng"
    title: "Chung Chao-cheng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%BBng_Sau-ch%E1%B9%B3n"
    title: "Chûng Sau-chṳn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A4%91%EC%9E%90%EC%98%A4%EC%A0%95"
    title: "중자오정"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheng_Ti%C4%81u-ch%C3%A8ng"
    title: "Cheng Tiāu-chèng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%8D%BE%E8%82%87%E6%94%BF"
    title: "鍾肇政"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5116275"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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