# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kou-qianzhi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:40:17.793Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kou-qianzhi"
name: "Kou Qianzhi"
slug: "kou-qianzhi"
description: "Kou Qianzhi (365–448) was a Taoist reformer who reenvisioned many of the ceremonies and rites of the Way of the Celestial Master form of Taoism and reformulated its theology into a new movement known as The Northern Celestial Masters. His influence was such that he had Taoism established as the official state religion of the Northern Wei dynasty (386–535); this act, however, embroiled Taoism in long and often bloody factional political struggles. There is a tradition that Kou Qianzhi once sought seclusion on Mount Hua the better to practice his Taoist meditations."
tagline: "Taoist leader"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "365"
deathDate: "448"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.495322666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AF%87%E8%B0%A6%E4%B9%8B"
    title: "寇谦之"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kou_Qianzhi"
    title: "Kou Qianzhi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kou_Qianzhi"
    title: "Kou Qianzhi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kou_Qianzhi"
    title: "Kou Qianzhi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kou_Qianzhi"
    title: "Kou Qianzhi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AF%87%E8%AC%99%E4%B9%8B"
    title: "寇謙之"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B5%AC%EA%B2%B8%EC%A7%80"
    title: "구겸지"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%83_%D0%A6%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%87%D0%B6%D0%B8"
    title: "Коу Цяньчжи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh%E1%BA%A5u_Khi%C3%AAm_Chi"
    title: "Khấu Khiêm Chi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1202065"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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