# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zhanran
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:49:53.796Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zhanran"
name: "Zhanran"
slug: "zhanran"
description: "Jingxi Zhanran was the sixth patriarch of the Tiantai school of Chinese Buddhism. Zhanran is considered to be the most important Tiantai figure after the founder Zhiyi. He was also called Master Miaole, Dharma Master Jizhu, and Jingqi (荊溪) after his birthplace."
tagline: "8th century Chinese Buddhist monk, the sixth Tiantai patriarch"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zhanran.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "711"
deathDate: "782"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.419188
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8D%8A%E6%BA%AA%E6%B9%9B%E7%84%B6"
    title: "荊溪湛然"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhanran"
    title: "Zhanran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhanran"
    title: "Zhanran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zh%C3%A0nr%C3%A1n"
    title: "Zhànrán"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B9%9B%E7%84%B6"
    title: "湛然"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zh%C3%A0nr%C3%A1n"
    title: "Zhànrán"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingxi_Zhanran"
    title: "Jingxi Zhanran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C"
    title: "Чжаньжань"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2305079"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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