# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lu-simian
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:15:03.919Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lu-simian"
name: "Lü Simian"
slug: "lu-simian"
description: "Lü Simian was a Chinese historian. He was a former professor and history department head at Kwang Hua University, a predecessor of the East China Normal University in Shanghai. Lü took the courtesy name Chéngzhī (诚之) and wrote under the pseudonym Núniú (驽牛). His students included famous historians Ch'ien Mu and Yang Kuan. Historian Yan Gengwang (严耕望) considered Lü one of the four greatest modern Chinese historians, along with his student Ch'ien Mu, Chen Yuan, and Chen Yinke."
tagline: "Chinese historian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L%C3%BC_Simian.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1884-02-27"
deathDate: "1957-10-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.438196
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "لو سيميان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BC_Simian"
    title: "Lü Simian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%95%E6%80%9D%E5%8B%89"
    title: "吕思勉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%91%82%E6%80%9D%E5%8B%89"
    title: "呂思勉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E5%90%95%E6%80%9D%E5%8B%89"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6711506"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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