# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lu-dongbin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:38:54.183Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lu-dongbin"
name: "Lü Dongbin"
slug: "lu-dongbin"
description: "Lü Dongbin was a Daoist scholar and poet who lived during the Tang dynasty in China, and whose lifetime supposedly spanned two hundred and twenty years. Elevated to the status of an immortal in the Chinese cultural sphere by Daoists, he is one of the most widely known of the group of deities known as the Eight Immortals. Lü is also a historical figure and mentioned in the official history book History of Song. He is widely considered to be one of the earliest masters of neidan, or internal alchemy. He is also depicted in art dressed as a scholar carrying a sword to dispel evil spirits."
tagline: "Chinese Taoist scholar and poet during the Tang Dynasty"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L%C3%BC_Dongbin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "796"
deathDate: "870"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.05
  momentum:             1.886565969790937
  historical:           16.56112133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "吕洞宾"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Лю Дунбин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lü Dongbin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lü Dongbin"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BC_Dongbin"
    title: "Lü Dongbin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BC_Dongbin"
    title: "Lü Dongbin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BC_Dong_Bin"
    title: "Lü Dong Bin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BC_Dongbin"
    title: "Lü Dongbin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%91%82%E6%B4%9E%E8%B3%93"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%AC%EB%8F%99%EB%B9%88"
    title: "여동빈"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BC_Dongbin"
    title: "Lü Dongbin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BC_Dongbin"
    title: "Lü Dongbin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BC_Dongbin"
    title: "Lü Dongbin"
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    title: "Люй Дунбинь"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lü Dongbin"
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    title: "ลฺหวี่ ต้งปิน"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BC_Dongbin"
    title: "Lü Dongbin"
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  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A3_%C4%90%E1%BB%99ng_T%C3%A2n"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump