# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sang-hongyang
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:41:20.455Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sang-hongyang"
name: "Sang Hongyang"
slug: "sang-hongyang"
description: "Sang Hongyang was a prominent official of the Han dynasty, who served Emperor Wu of Han and his successor Emperor Zhao. He is famous for his economic policies during the reign of Emperor Wu, the best known of which include the state monopolies over iron and salt—systems which would be imitated by other dynasties throughout Chinese history. A participant in the debate of Salt and Iron of 81 BC, Sang was executed in 80 BC by the regent Huo Guang on charges of treason."
tagline: "Economic official who served Emperor Wu of Han and his successor Emperor Zhao"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sang_Hongyang.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "-150"
deathDate: "-80"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.59
  momentum:             1.846710923355462
  historical:           6.604001333333335
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%91%E5%BC%98%E7%BE%8A"
    title: "桑弘羊"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sang_Hongyang"
    title: "Sang Hongyang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%91%E5%BC%98%E7%BE%8A"
    title: "桑弘羊"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%83%81%ED%99%8D%EC%96%91"
    title: "상홍양"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sang_Hongyang"
    title: "Sang Hongyang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_Ho%E1%BA%B1ng_D%C6%B0%C6%A1ng"
    title: "Tang Hoằng Dương"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%91%E5%BC%98%E7%BE%8A"
    title: "桑弘羊"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q847703"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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