# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/xiao-qian
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:32:16.833Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/xiao-qian"
name: "Xiao Qian"
slug: "xiao-qian"
description: "Xiao Qian, also known by the alias Ruoping (若萍), was a famous essayist, editor, journalist and translator from China. His life spanned the country's history before and after the establishment of the People's Republic of China."
tagline: "Chinese writer, editor, reporter"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8a/Xiao_Qian.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1910-01-27"
deathDate: "1999-02-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.570773333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%90%A7%E4%B9%BE"
    title: "萧乾"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "شياو تشيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "شياو تشيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiao_Qian"
    title: "Xiao Qian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiao_Qian"
    title: "Xiao Qian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%95%AD%E4%B9%BE_(%E4%BD%9C%E5%AE%B6)"
    title: "蕭乾 (作家)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%83%A4%EC%98%A4%EC%B2%B8"
    title: "샤오첸"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8044224"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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