# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zeng-dian
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:25:57.180Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zeng-dian"
name: "Zeng Dian"
slug: "zeng-dian"
description: "Zeng Dian, courtesy name Zixi, also known as Zeng Xi, was one of the earliest disciples of Confucius. He is known for a passage in the Analects in which he expressed his ambition as no more than being content with daily life. He was the father of Zeng Shen, or Master Zeng, one of the most prominent disciples of Confucius."
tagline: "Disciple of Confucius (born 546 BC)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E8%87%B3%E8%81%96%E5%85%88%E8%B3%A2%E5%8D%8A%E8%BA%AB%E5%83%8F_%E5%86%8A-023-%E6%9B%BE%E9%BB%9E.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "-546"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           39.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.079878666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  58
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeng_Dian"
    title: "Zeng Dian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9B%BE%E9%BB%9E"
    title: "曾點"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9B%BE%E7%82%B9"
    title: "曾点"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11091584"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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