# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shitou-xiqian
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:15:29.498Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shitou-xiqian"
name: "Shitou Xiqian"
slug: "shitou-xiqian"
description: "Shitou Xiqian (700–790) was an 8th-century Chinese Chan Buddhist teacher and author. All existing branches of Chan throughout the world are said to descend either from Shitou Xiqian or from his contemporary Mazu Daoyi."
tagline: "Chinese Chán Buddhist teacher and author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shitou_Xiqian.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "700"
deathDate: "790"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.365661333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%B3%E5%A4%B4%E5%B8%8C%E8%BF%81"
    title: "石头希迁"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%8A_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "شيتو شي تشيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shitou_Xiqian"
    title: "Shitou Xiqian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shitou_Xiqian"
    title: "Shitou Xiqian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shitou_Xiqian"
    title: "Shitou Xiqian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%B3%E9%A0%AD%E5%B8%8C%E9%81%B7"
    title: "石頭希遷"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%84%9D%EB%91%90%ED%9D%AC%EC%B2%9C"
    title: "석두희천"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shitou_Xiqian"
    title: "Shitou Xiqian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shitou_Xiqian"
    title: "Shitou Xiqian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%E1%BA%A1ch_%C4%90%E1%BA%A7u_Hi_Thi%C3%AAn"
    title: "Thạch Đầu Hi Thiên"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3117641"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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