# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wang-chongyang
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:16:56.925Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wang-chongyang"
name: "Wang Chongyang"
slug: "wang-chongyang"
description: "Wang Chongyang is the founder of the Quanzhen school of Taoism. In his life he had many devotees and followers, but formally accepted seven major disciples which are known as the Seven Perfected or the Seven Masters of Quanzhen: Ma Danyang, Qiu Chuji, Tan Chuduan, Liu Chuxuan, Hao Datong, Wang Chuyi, and Sun Bu’er. Wang Chongyang is one of the Five Northern Patriarchs of Quanzhen, which in order they are: Wang Xuanfu 王玄甫, Zhongli Quan 钟离权, Lü Dongbin 吕洞宾, Liu Haichan 刘海蟾, Wang Chongyang 王重阳. He is also one of the Eight Immortals of Taoism."
tagline: "Chinese Taoist (1113–1170) who founded the Quanzhen school of Taoism"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WangChongYang.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1113-01-11"
deathDate: "1170-01-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.88248133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wang Chongyang"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump