# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zengzi
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:54:02.964Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zengzi"
name: "Zengzi"
slug: "zengzi"
description: "Zeng Shen, better known as Zengzi, courtesy name Ziyu, was a Chinese philosopher and disciple of Confucius. He later taught Zisi, the grandson of Confucius, who was in turn the teacher of Mencius, thus beginning a line of transmitters of orthodox Confucian traditions. He is revered as one of the Four Sages of Confucianism."
tagline: "Chinese philosopher and disciple of Confucius (505–435 BC)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Half_Portraits_of_the_Great_Sage_and_Virtuous_Men_of_Old_-_Zeng_Shen_Ziyu_(%E6%9B%BE%E5%8F%83_%E5%AD%90%E8%BC%BF).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
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  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "-504"
deathDate: "-435"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.432068543451652
  historical:           19.60109066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump