# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wang-chong-q319329
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:41:46.055Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wang-chong-q319329"
name: "Wang Chong"
slug: "wang-chong-q319329"
description: "Wang Chong, courtesy name Zhongren (仲任), was a Chinese astronomer, meteorologist, naturalist, philosopher, and writer active during the Eastern Han dynasty. He developed a rational, secular, naturalistic and mechanistic account of the world and of human beings and gave a materialistic explanation of the origin of the universe. His main work was the Lunheng. This book contained many theories involving early sciences of astronomy and meteorology, and Wang Chong was even the first in Chinese history to mention the use of the square-pallet chain pump, which became common in irrigation and public works in China thereafter. Wang also accurately described the process of the water cycle."
tagline: "1st century Chinese meteorologist, astronomer, and philosopher"
gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "27"
deathDate: "97"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.13942266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump