# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hsing-yun
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:38:44.501Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hsing-yun"
name: "Hsing Yun"
slug: "hsing-yun"
description: "Hsing Yun was a Chinese Buddhist monk, teacher, and philanthropist based in Taiwan. He was the founder of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist monastic order as well as the layperson-based Buddha's Light International Association. Hsing Yun was considered a major proponent of Humanistic Buddhism and one of the most influential teachers of modern Taiwanese Buddhism. In Taiwan, he was popularly referred to as one of the \"Four Heavenly Kings\" of Taiwanese Buddhism, along with his contemporaries: Master Sheng-yen of Dharma Drum Mountain, Master Cheng Yen of Tzu Chi and Master Wei Chueh of Chung Tai Shan."
tagline: "Taiwanese Buddhist monk (1927–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E6%98%9F%E9%9B%B2%E5%A4%A7%E5%B8%AB2009IBPS.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1927-08-19"
deathDate: "2023-02-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.57539733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/masterhsingyun/"
    handle:    "masterhsingyun"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/HsingyunDashi"
    handle:    "HsingyunDashi"
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    title: "Hsing Yun"
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    title: "Hsing-Yun"
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  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hsing_Yun"
    title: "Hsing Yun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump