# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/linghu-defen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:32:05.213Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/linghu-defen"
name: "Linghu Defen"
slug: "linghu-defen"
description: "Linghu Defen (583–666), posthumous name Duke Xian of Pengyang (彭陽憲公), was a Chinese historian and politician of the Sui and Tang dynasties. During the Tang era, he was a major proponent for the compilation of the histories of the Sui and its predecessor, the Northern Zhou. He was eventually put in charge of compiling the Northern Zhou's official history, the Book of Zhou, which was completed in 636."
tagline: "Chinese historian (582-666)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "582"
deathDate: "666"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.549389333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BB%A4%E7%8B%90%E5%BE%B7%E6%A3%BB"
    title: "令狐德棻"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linghu_Defen"
    title: "Linghu Defen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linghu_Defen"
    title: "Linghu Defen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BB%A4%E7%8B%90%E5%BE%B3%E6%A3%BB"
    title: "令狐徳棻"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%81%ED%98%B8%EB%8D%95%EB%B6%84"
    title: "영호덕분"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%E1%BB%87nh_H%E1%BB%93_%C4%90%E1%BB%A9c_Ph%C3%A2n"
    title: "Lệnh Hồ Đức Phân"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BB%A4%E7%8B%90%E5%BE%B7%E6%A3%BB"
    title: "令狐德棻"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q836416"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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