# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hong-chengchou
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:11:07.948Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hong-chengchou"
name: "Hong Chengchou"
slug: "hong-chengchou"
description: "Hong Chengchou, courtesy name Yanyan and art name Hengjiu, was a Chinese official who served under the Ming and Qing dynasties. He was born in present-day Liangshan Village, Yingdu Town, Fujian Province, China. After obtaining the position of a jinshi in the imperial examination in 1616 during the reign of the Wanli Emperor, he joined the civil service of the Ming Empire and served as an official in Shaanxi. During the reign of the Chongzhen Emperor, he was promoted to Supreme Commander of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Sichuan; Minister of War, and later on, Governor-General of Jiliao."
tagline: "Chinese general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E6%B4%AA%E6%89%BF%E7%95%B4.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1593"
deathDate: "1665"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.58
  momentum:             1.527285014360534
  historical:           8.978961333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B4%AA%E6%89%BF%E7%96%87"
    title: "洪承疇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Chengchou"
    title: "Hong Chengchou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Chengchou"
    title: "Hong Chengchou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B4%AA%E6%89%BF%E7%96%87"
    title: "洪承疇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%99%8D%EC%8A%B9%EC%A3%BC_(%EC%B2%AD%EB%82%98%EB%9D%BC)"
    title: "홍승주 (청나라)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%BD_%D0%A7%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%83"
    title: "Хун Чэнчжоу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%E1%BB%93ng_Th%E1%BB%ABa_Tr%C3%B9"
    title: "Hồng Thừa Trù"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B4%AA%E6%89%BF%E7%95%B4"
    title: "洪承畴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B4%AA%E6%89%BF%E7%96%87"
    title: "洪承疇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B4%AA%E6%89%BF%E7%96%87"
    title: "洪承疇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5894047"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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