# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wu-xian
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:26:08.840Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wu-xian"
name: "Wu Xian"
slug: "wu-xian"
description: "Wu Xian was a Chinese shaman who practiced divination, prayer, sacrifice, rainmaking, and healing during the Shang dynasty, serving under king Tai Wu."
tagline: "Chinese astronomer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Kikkawa%2C_Reika_-_Ris%C5%8D_%28Profound_Grief%29_-_right.jpg/330px-Kikkawa%2C_Reika_-_Ris%C5%8D_%28Profound_Grief%29_-_right.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
deathDate: "-1046"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.75
  momentum:             9.9
  historical:           8.083586666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%AB%E5%92%B8"
    title: "巫咸"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Xian"
    title: "Wu Xian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Xian_(Shang-Dynastie)"
    title: "Wu Xian (Shang-Dynastie)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Xian_(Shang_dynasty)"
    title: "Wu Xian (Shang dynasty)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Xian"
    title: "Wu Xian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%AB%E5%92%B8%E4%BA%BA"
    title: "巫咸人"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Xian"
    title: "Wu Xian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Xian"
    title: "Wu Xian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vu_H%C3%A0m"
    title: "Vu Hàm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q843880"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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