# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dong-haichuan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:12:17.562Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dong-haichuan"
name: "Dong Haichuan"
slug: "dong-haichuan"
description: "Dong Haichuan is regarded as a skillful martial artist and widely credited to be the founder of Baguazhang. Most, if not all, existing schools of Baguazhang place Dong Haichuan at the beginning of their lineage. Some traditional teachers in China do not regard Dong as the founder, though, but merely as the first identified transmitter of Baguazhang knowledge to the wider public. In their opinion, prior to Dong, Baguazhang teaching was conducted behind closed doors from one Taoist to another within Taoist schools. There is no historical evidence of practicing Baguazhang among the Taoists prior to the modern era, however."
tagline: "Chinese martial artist (1797-1882)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Shi_DeRu_and_Shi_DeYang.jpg/330px-Shi_DeRu_and_Shi_DeYang.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1797-10-13"
deathDate: "1882-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.367965333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "董海川"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Haichuan"
    title: "Dong Haichuan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%DA%AF_%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "دونگ هایچوان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Haichuan"
    title: "Dong Haichuan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%92_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%99_%D7%A6'%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9F"
    title: "דונג האי צ'ואן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Haichuan"
    title: "Dong Haichuan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%91%A3%E6%B5%B7%E5%B7%9D"
    title: "董海川"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Haichuan"
    title: "Dong Haichuan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%83%D0%BD_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%87%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C"
    title: "Дун Хайчуань"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90%E1%BB%95ng_H%E1%BA%A3i_Xuy%C3%AAn"
    title: "Đổng Hải Xuyên"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2556850"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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