# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ran-geng
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:00:41.657Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ran-geng"
name: "Ran Geng"
slug: "ran-geng"
description: "Ran Geng, also known by his courtesy name Boniu, was one of the most prominent disciples of Confucius. Confucius considered him his third best disciple, after Yan Hui and Min Sun, in terms of moral conduct."
tagline: "A prominent disciple of Confucius (born 544 BC)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Half_Portraits_of_the_Great_Sage_and_Virtuous_Men_of_Old_-_Ran_Geng_Boniu_(%E5%86%89%E8%80%95_%E4%BC%AF%E7%89%9B).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "-544"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.54
  momentum:             2.17741935483871
  historical:           7.887510666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%86%89%E8%80%95"
    title: "冉耕"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ran_Geng"
    title: "Ran Geng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ran_Geng"
    title: "Ran Geng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%96'%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%92"
    title: "ז'אן גנג"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "冉伯牛"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nhi%E1%BB%85m_Canh"
    title: "Nhiễm Canh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%86%89%E8%80%95"
    title: "冉耕"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C3%A1m_Pek-gi%C3%BB"
    title: "Jiám Pek-giû"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%86%89%E8%80%95"
    title: "冉耕"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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