# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/king-wen-of-zhou
# Generated: 2026-09-07T21:23:28.986Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/king-wen-of-zhou"
name: "King Wen of Zhou"
slug: "king-wen-of-zhou"
description: "King Wen of Zhou (Chinese: 周文王, Zhōu Wén Wáng; 1152–1050 BC) was the posthumous title given to Ji Chang (Xiahou) (姬昌), the patriarch lord of the Zhou state during the final years of Shang dynasty in ancient China. Ji Chang himself died before the end of the Zhou–Shang war, but his second son Ji Fa completed the conquest of Shang following the Battle of Muye and posthumously honored him as the founder of the Zhou dynasty. Many of the hymns of the Classic of Poetry are paeans of praise to King Wen. Some consider him the first epic hero of Chinese history."
tagline: "King of Zhou"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/King_Wen_of_Zhou_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "-1112"
deathDate: "-1050"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.831892
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wen_Wang"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rei_Wen_de_Zhou"
    title: "Rei Wen de Zhou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ci%C5%AD_%C3%99ng-u%C3%B2ng"
    title: "Ciŭ Ùng-uòng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7_%D9%88%DB%8E%D9%86%DB%8C_%DA%98%DB%86%D9%88"
    title: "پاشا وێنی ژۆو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wen_(Zhou-K%C3%B6nig)"
    title: "Wen (Zhou-König)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%AC%CF%82_%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AD%CE%BD_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%A4%CF%83%CF%8C%CE%BF%CF%85"
    title: "Βασιλιάς Γουέν των Τσόου"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Wen_of_Zhou"
    title: "King Wen of Zhou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rey_Wen_de_Zhou"
    title: "Rey Wen de Zhou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wen_Wang"
    title: "Wen Wang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%98%D9%88"
    title: "پادشاه ون ژو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wen_Wang"
    title: "Wen Wang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%A8%D5%B6_%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%BD%D6%80"
    title: "Վըն կայսր"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Wen_dari_Zhou"
    title: "Raja Wen dari Zhou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wen_Wang"
    title: "Wen Wang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%87%E7%8E%8B_(%E5%91%A8)"
    title: "文王 (周)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A3%BC_%EB%AC%B8%EC%99%95"
    title: "주 문왕"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venvangas"
    title: "Venvangas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_Wenwang"
    title: "Zhou Wenwang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kong_Wen_av_Zhou"
    title: "Kong Wen av Zhou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conde_Wen"
    title: "Conde Wen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%8C-%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%A7%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%83)"
    title: "Вэнь-ван (Чжоу)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeng_Wen_o_Zhou"
    title: "Keeng Wen o Zhou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kralj_Wen_od_Zhoua"
    title: "Kralj Wen od Zhoua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Wen_av_Zhou"
    title: "Kung Wen av Zhou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%88%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99"
    title: "พระเจ้าโจวเหวิน"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wen_(Zhou)"
    title: "Wen (Zhou)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q698909"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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