# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/duke-ling-of-wey
# Generated: 2026-08-16T08:09:59.726Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/duke-ling-of-wey"
name: "Duke Ling of Wey"
slug: "duke-ling-of-wey"
description: "Duke Ling of Wey (衛靈公) was the 28th ruler of the ancient Chinese state of Wey, the son of Duke Xiang of Wey. He was the subject of Chapter 15 of the Analects of Confucius. His given name was Yuan (元)."
tagline: "Duke of Chinese state of Wey from c.534 to 492 BC"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Duke_Ling_of_Wey_(%E8%A1%9E%E9%9D%88%E5%85%AC%2C_detail)._Lacquer_painting_over_wood%2C_Northern_Wei.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "-540"
deathDate: "-492"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.72
  momentum:             0.2690582959641256
  historical:           6.574769333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A1%9B%E9%9D%88%E5%85%AC"
    title: "衛靈公"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Ling_of_Wey"
    title: "Duke Ling of Wey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wey_Yuan"
    title: "Wey Yuan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ling_dari_Wey"
    title: "Ling dari Wey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9C%8A%E5%85%AC_(%E8%A1%9B)"
    title: "霊公 (衛)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%E1%BB%87_Linh_c%C3%B4ng"
    title: "Vệ Linh công"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A1%9B%E9%9D%88%E5%85%AC"
    title: "衛靈公"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q617761"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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