# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yu-shinan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:44:33.230Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yu-shinan"
name: "Yu Shinan"
slug: "yu-shinan"
description: "Yu Shinan, courtesy name Boshi, posthumously known as Duke Wenyi of Yongxing, was a Chinese calligrapher and politician who lived in the early Tang dynasty and rose to prominence during the reign of Emperor Taizong. His uncle, Yu Ji (虞寄), also served in the Tang imperial court as an Imperial Secretary. He is regarded as one of the four greatest calligraphers in the early Tang dynasty along with Ouyang Xun, Chu Suiliang and Xue Ji, and one of the more famous ones in the history of Chinese calligraphy. Emperor Taizong once mentioned that Yu Shinan was \"a man of five absolute merits\", referring to his virtuous behavior, loyalty, erudition, writings and calligraphy."
tagline: "Chinese official and calligrapher (558-638)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Chinese_-_The_Twenty-Four_Ministers_of_the_Tang_-T%27ang-_Dynasty_Emperor_Taizong_-T%27ai-Tsung-_-_Walters_3557_-_Yu_Shinan.jpg/330px-Chinese_-_The_Twenty-Four_Ministers_of_the_Tang_-T%27ang-_Dynasty_Emperor_Taizong_-T%27ai-Tsung-_-_Walters_3557_-_Yu_Shinan.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "558"
deathDate: "638"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.7
  momentum:             2.835188129305776
  historical:           10.35385866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%99%9E%E4%B8%96%E5%8D%97"
    title: "虞世南"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ياو شينان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Shinan"
    title: "Yu Shinan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Shinan"
    title: "Yu Shinan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%99%9E%E4%B8%96%E5%8D%97"
    title: "虞世南"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9A%B0%EC%84%B8%EB%82%A8"
    title: "우세남"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Shinan"
    title: "Yu Shinan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Shinan"
    title: "Yu Shinan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Shinan"
    title: "Yu Shinan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D0%B9_%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C"
    title: "Юй Шинань"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngu_Th%E1%BA%BF_Nam"
    title: "Ngu Thế Nam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%99%9E%E4%B8%96%E5%8D%97"
    title: "虞世南"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q559414"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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