# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zai-yu
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:48:46.027Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zai-yu"
name: "Zai Yu"
slug: "zai-yu"
description: "Zai Yu, also known by his courtesy name Ziwo and as Zai Wo, was a prominent disciple of Confucius, known for his gift in speech. However, Confucius severely criticized him for proposing to shorten the three-year mourning period after the death of a parent."
tagline: "Prominent disciple of Confucius (522–458 BC)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Half_Portraits_of_the_Great_Sage_and_Virtuous_Men_of_Old_-_Zai_Yu_Ziwo_(%E5%AE%B0%E4%BA%88_%E5%AD%90%E6%88%91).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "-522"
deathDate: "-458"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.01
  momentum:             1.495076096687556
  historical:           8.579557333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%B0%E4%BA%88"
    title: "宰予"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zai_Yu"
    title: "Zai Yu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zai_Yu"
    title: "Zai Yu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%96%D7%90%D7%99_%D7%99%D7%95'"
    title: "דזאי יו'"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%B0%E6%88%91"
    title: "宰我"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9E%AC%EC%97%AC"
    title: "재여"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%B0%E4%BA%88"
    title: "宰予"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%B0%E4%BA%88"
    title: "宰予"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A1i%E2%81%BF_Ng%C3%B3%CD%98"
    title: "Cháiⁿ Ngó͘"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%B0%E4%BA%88"
    title: "宰予"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837573"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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