# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wu-yan-tong
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:48:14.264Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wu-yan-tong"
name: "Wu Yan Tong"
slug: "wu-yan-tong"
description: "Wu Yantong was a Chinese Buddhist monk influential in the transmission of Chan (Zen) into Vietnam. He founded the Vô Ngôn Thông Zen Sect during the early 9th century."
tagline: "Chinese Buddhist monk"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vo_Ngon_Thong_statue.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "759"
deathDate: "826"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.343089333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%84%A1%E8%A8%80%E9%80%9A"
    title: "無言通"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Yantong"
    title: "Wu Yantong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Yantong"
    title: "Wu Yantong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B4_Ng%C3%B4n_Th%C3%B4ng"
    title: "Vô Ngôn Thông"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BD"
    title: "У Яньтун"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Yantong"
    title: "Wu Yantong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B4_Ng%C3%B4n_Th%C3%B4ng"
    title: "Vô Ngôn Thông"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4468241"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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