# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shen-faxing
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:03:26.744Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shen-faxing"
name: "Shen Faxing"
slug: "shen-faxing"
description: "Shen Faxing was an official of the Chinese Sui dynasty who, after Emperor Yang was killed in a coup led by the general Yuwen Huaji in 618, seized the area of present-day Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu and declared himself the king of Liang (梁王). He was defeated by Li Zitong in 620 and, believing that he was doomed, committed suicide by jumping into a river."
tagline: "General, politician and self proclaimed Prince of Liang"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
deathDate: "620"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.91
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.206444
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%88%E6%B3%95%E5%85%B4"
    title: "沈法兴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen_Faxing"
    title: "Shen Faxing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen_Faxing"
    title: "Shen Faxing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%88%E6%B3%95%E8%88%88"
    title: "沈法興"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8B%AC%EB%B2%95%ED%9D%A5"
    title: "심법흥"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen_Faxing"
    title: "Shen Faxing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%E1%BA%A9m_Ph%C3%A1p_H%C6%B0ng"
    title: "Thẩm Pháp Hưng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%88%E6%B3%95%E8%88%88"
    title: "沈法興"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3267258"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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