# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/du-kang
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:16:22.420Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/du-kang"
name: "Du Kang"
slug: "du-kang"
description: "Du Kang, sometimes identified with Shao Kang, is one of the figures credited with the invention of alcoholic beverages in Chinese legend. He became the deified patron of winemakers in China and Japan (Tōji). Grain wines were an important part of ancient Chinese rites and court culture, but their invention cannot be reliably attributed to a single person."
tagline: "Inventor of fermented drink in Chinese legend, and the deified patron of winemakers in China and Japan"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/%E6%9D%9C%E5%BA%B7%E6%B3%89_-_Dukang_Spring_-_2011.12_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-%E6%9D%9C%E5%BA%B7%E6%B3%89_-_Dukang_Spring_-_2011.12_-_panoramio.jpg"
gender: "male"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           46.76
  momentum:             3.878326996197717
  historical:           5.710838666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du_Kang"
    title: "Du Kang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du_Kang"
    title: "Du Kang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du_Kang"
    title: "Du Kang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%9C%E5%BA%B7"
    title: "杜康"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%D9%88_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "ڈو کانگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90%E1%BB%97_Khang"
    title: "Đỗ Khang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1005915"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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