# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/liu-zhiji
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:15:33.063Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/liu-zhiji"
name: "Liu Zhiji"
slug: "liu-zhiji"
description: "Liu Zhiji, courtesy name Zixuan (子玄), was a Chinese historian and politician of the Tang dynasty. Well known as the author of Shitong, he was born in present-day Xuzhou, Jiangsu. Liu's father Liu Zangqi and elder brother Liu Zhirou were officials, famous for their literary compositions. He received his imperial examination degree in 680 and began working on several compilations with others in the court in 699. In 708, he decided to resign himself and started compiling the Shitong."
tagline: "Chinese historian"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "661"
deathDate: "721"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.86
  momentum:             7.131147540983608
  historical:           10.08999466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%88%98%E7%9F%A5%E5%87%A0"
    title: "刘知几"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%89"
    title: "ليو تشيجى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88_%DA%98%DB%8C%D8%AC%DB%8C"
    title: "لیو ژیجی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Zhiji"
    title: "Liu Zhiji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Zhiji"
    title: "Liu Zhiji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Zhiji"
    title: "Liu Zhiji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%89%E7%9F%A5%E5%B9%BE"
    title: "劉知幾"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Zhiji"
    title: "Liu Zhiji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Zhiji"
    title: "Liu Zhiji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Zhiji"
    title: "Liu Zhiji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C6%B0u_Tri_K%E1%BB%B7"
    title: "Lưu Tri Kỷ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%89%E7%9F%A5%E5%B9%BE"
    title: "劉知幾"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708347"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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