# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/xia-yan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:39:25.766Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/xia-yan"
name: "Xia Yan"
slug: "xia-yan"
description: "Xia Yan was a Chinese scholar-official during the Ming dynasty. He held a high position in the court of the Jiajing Emperor in the mid-16th century, serving as minister of rites from 1531 to 1537 and later as grand secretary. He also intermittently served as head of the Grand Secretariat from 1538 to 1548."
tagline: "Ming dynasty person CBDB = 68194 (1482–1548)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E5%A4%8F%E8%A8%80.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1482"
deathDate: "1548-10-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.48
  momentum:             8.611111111111109
  historical:           5.309542666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%8F%E8%A8%80"
    title: "夏言"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sia_Jen"
    title: "Sia Jen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xia_Yan_(Ming_dynasty)"
    title: "Xia Yan (Ming dynasty)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%8F%E8%A8%80"
    title: "夏言"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%8F%E8%A8%80"
    title: "夏言"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%8F%E8%A8%80"
    title: "夏言"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15902201"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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