# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zhang-zai
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:55:15.865Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zhang-zai"
name: "Zhang Zai"
slug: "zhang-zai"
description: "Zhang Zai (1020–1077) was a Chinese philosopher and politician. He is best known for laying out four ontological goals for intellectuals: to build up the manifestations of Heaven and Earth's spirit, to build up good life for the populace, to develop past sages' endangered scholarship, and to open up eternal peace."
tagline: "Chinese philosopher, essayist, politician, writer, and cosmologist (1020-1077)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chang_Tsai.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: "1020"
deathDate: "1077"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.805114296784193
  historical:           19.18564666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump