# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jizang
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:49:07.191Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jizang"
name: "Jizang"
slug: "jizang"
description: "Jizang (549–623) was a Persian-Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar who is often regarded as the founder of East Asian Mādhyamaka. He is also known as Jiaxiang or Master Jiaxiang because he acquired fame at the Jiaxiang Temple."
tagline: "Tang dynasty Chinese Buddhist monk (549–623)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kash%C5%8D_Daishi_(Todaiji).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "549"
deathDate: "623"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.83
  momentum:             7.035347776510832
  historical:           10.98711733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%89%E8%97%8F"
    title: "吉藏"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "چيزانج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jizang"
    title: "Jizang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jizang"
    title: "Jizang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiaxiang"
    title: "Jiaxiang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%ADz%C3%A0ng"
    title: "Jízàng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%89%E8%94%B5"
    title: "吉蔵"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B8%B8%EC%9E%A5"
    title: "길장"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%ADz%C3%A0ng"
    title: "Jízàng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Цзицзан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jizang"
    title: "Jizang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jizang"
    title: "Jizang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B7%D1%96%D1%86%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Цзіцзан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q712287"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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