# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hongzhi-zhengjue
# Generated: 2026-08-16T11:07:27.982Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hongzhi-zhengjue"
name: "Hongzhi Zhengjue"
slug: "hongzhi-zhengjue"
description: "Hongzhi Zhengjue, also sometimes called Tiantong Zhengjue (1091–1157), was an influential Chinese Chan Buddhist monk who authored or compiled several influential texts. Hongzhi's conception of silent illumination is of particular importance to the Chinese Caodong Chan and Japanese Sōtō Zen schools. Hongzhi was also the author of the Book of Equanimity, an important collection of kōans."
tagline: "Chinese Buddhist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tiantong_Hongzhi_Zhengjue_Zen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1091"
deathDate: "1157"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.49
  momentum:             0.1785714285714286
  historical:           7.632832000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%8F%E6%99%BA%E6%AD%A3%E8%A6%BA"
    title: "宏智正覺"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongzhi_Zhengjue"
    title: "Hongzhi Zhengjue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongzhi_Zhengjue"
    title: "Hongzhi Zhengjue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongzhi_Zhengjue"
    title: "Hongzhi Zhengjue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%8F%E6%99%BA%E6%AD%A3%E8%A6%9A"
    title: "宏智正覚"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B5%89%EC%A7%80%EC%A0%95%EA%B0%81"
    title: "굉지정각"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongzhi_Zhengjue"
    title: "Hongzhi Zhengjue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho%E1%BA%B1ng_Tr%C3%AD_Ch%C3%ADnh_Gi%C3%A1c"
    title: "Hoằng Trí Chính Giác"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1060944"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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