# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wei-zhongxian
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:24:31.938Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wei-zhongxian"
name: "Wei Zhongxian"
slug: "wei-zhongxian"
description: "Wei Zhongxian, born Wei Si (魏四), was a Chinese court eunuch who lived in the late Ming dynasty. As a eunuch he used the name Li Jinzhong (李進忠). He is considered by most historians as the most notorious eunuch in Chinese history. He is best known for his service in the court of the Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youjiao, when his power eventually appeared to rival that of the emperor."
tagline: "Ming dynasty court eunuch (1568–1627)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1568"
deathDate: "1627-10-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.94
  momentum:             2.731678966345558
  historical:           14.447228
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AD%8F%E5%BF%A0%E8%B4%A4"
    title: "魏忠贤"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wej_%C4%8Cung-sien"
    title: "Wej Čung-sien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Zhongxian"
    title: "Wei Zhongxian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Zhongxian"
    title: "Wei Zhongxian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Zhongxian"
    title: "Wei Zhongxian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Zhongxian"
    title: "Wei Zhongxian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Zhongxian"
    title: "Wei Zhongxian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AD%8F%E5%BF%A0%E8%B3%A2"
    title: "魏忠賢"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%EC%B6%A9%ED%98%84"
    title: "위충현"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Zhongxian"
    title: "Wei Zhongxian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Zhongxian"
    title: "Wei Zhongxian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Zhongxian"
    title: "Wei Zhongxian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%8C_%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%99"
    title: "เว่ย์ จงเสียน"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ng%E1%BB%A5y_Trung_Hi%E1%BB%81n"
    title: "Ngụy Trung Hiền"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AD%8F%E5%BF%A0%E8%B4%A4"
    title: "魏忠贤"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AD%8F%E5%BF%A0%E8%B3%A2"
    title: "魏忠賢"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AD%8F%E5%BF%A0%E8%B3%A2"
    title: "魏忠賢"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702101"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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