# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/min-sun
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:27:51.720Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/min-sun"
name: "Min Sun"
slug: "min-sun"
description: "Min Sun, also known by his courtesy name Ziqian, was one of the most prominent disciples of Confucius. Confucius considered Min his second best disciple after Yan Hui, and commended him for his filial piety. His legend is included in the Confucian text The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars."
tagline: "Prominent disciple of Confucius (536–c.487 BC)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Half_Portraits_of_the_Great_Sage_and_Virtuous_Men_of_Old_-_Min_Sun_Ziqian_(%E9%96%94%E6%90%8D_%E5%AD%90%E9%A8%AB).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "-536"
deathDate: "-480"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.03672
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Sun"
    title: "Min Sun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Sun"
    title: "Min Sun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "מין סון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%96%94%E5%AD%90%E9%A8%AB"
    title: "閔子騫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%96%94%E5%AD%90%E9%A8%AB"
    title: "閔子騫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%96%94%E6%90%8D"
    title: "閔損"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%97%B5%E6%8D%9F"
    title: "闵损"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q698867"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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