# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sunshu-ao
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:21:10.550Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sunshu-ao"
name: "Sunshu Ao"
slug: "sunshu-ao"
description: "Sunshu Ao was a Chinese hydraulic engineer and politician. He was a court minister serving the administration of King Zhuang of Chu during the Eastern Zhou dynasty. During his governmental career, Sunshu Ao was given notice by King Zhuang, who had him promoted to the rank of Prime Minister in the State of Chu. Sunshu Ao was entrusted with many endeavors of the state, and because of a large dam, reservoir, and irrigation project he had established, he is also credited as the first known hydraulic engineer of China."
tagline: "Prime Minister in the State of Chu and Hydraulic engineer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "-630"
deathDate: "-593"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.14
  momentum:             0.3428571428571429
  historical:           10.96450933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%99%E5%8F%94%E6%95%96"
    title: "孙叔敖"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshu_Ao"
    title: "Sunshu Ao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshu_Ao"
    title: "Sunshu Ao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun%C5%9Du_Ao"
    title: "Sunŝu Ao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshu_Ao"
    title: "Sunshu Ao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%AB%E5%8F%94%E6%95%96"
    title: "孫叔敖"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%86%90%EC%88%99%EC%98%A4"
    title: "손숙오"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshu_Ao"
    title: "Sunshu Ao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshu_Ao"
    title: "Sunshu Ao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshu_Ao"
    title: "Sunshu Ao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B4n_Th%C3%BAc_Ngao"
    title: "Tôn Thúc Ngao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%99%E5%8F%94%E6%95%96"
    title: "孙叔敖"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%AB%E5%8F%94%E6%95%96"
    title: "孫叔敖"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q982918"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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