# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lin-shu
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:29:55.358Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lin-shu"
name: "Lin Shu"
slug: "lin-shu"
description: "Lin Shu (Chinese: 林紓, November 8, 1852 – October 9, 1924; courtesy name Qinnan was a Chinese writer. He was well known for introducing Western literature to a whole generation of Chinese readers, despite his ignorance of any foreign languages; collaborating with others including actual translators, he released over 180 Classical Chinese translations of English or French works, mostly novels, drawn from 98 writers of 11 countries."
tagline: "Chinese writer (1852-1924)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lin_Shu.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1852-11-08"
deathDate: "1924-10-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.36846933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "林紓"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%88"
    title: "لين شو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Shu"
    title: "Lin Shu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ACng_Ch%E1%B9%B3%CC%86"
    title: "Lìng Chṳ̆"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Shu"
    title: "Lin Shu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Shu"
    title: "Lin Shu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Shu"
    title: "Lin Shu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Shu"
    title: "Lin Shu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9E%97%E7%B4%93"
    title: "林紓"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%B0%EC%88%98"
    title: "린수"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Shu"
    title: "Lin Shu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%A8%D1%83"
    title: "Линь Шу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Shu"
    title: "Lin Shu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%A8%D1%83"
    title: "Лінь Шу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9E%97%E7%B4%93"
    title: "林紓"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q715627"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump