# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wei-chueh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:19:48.548Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wei-chueh"
name: "Wei Chueh"
slug: "wei-chueh"
description: "Wei Chueh was a Chinese Bhikshu from Taiwan. He is the founder of the Chung Tai Shan monastery and Buddhist order. Wei Chueh is often credited for reviving the traditional teachings of Chan Buddhism."
tagline: "Taiwanese Buddhist monk"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Master_Wei-Chueh.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1928"
deathDate: "2016-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.545110666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.ctworld.org.tw/"
sources:
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    title: "즈안"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Chueh"
    title: "Wei Chueh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%88%E6%83%9F%E8%A6%9A"
    title: "釈惟覚"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duy_Gi%C3%A1c"
    title: "Duy Giác"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Chueh"
    title: "Wei Chueh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%8B%E6%83%9F%E8%A6%BA"
    title: "釋惟覺"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7979741"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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