# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zhaozhou-congshen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:17:43.374Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zhaozhou-congshen"
name: "Zhaozhou Congshen"
slug: "zhaozhou-congshen"
description: "Zhaozhou Congshen was a Chan (Zen) Buddhist master who appears frequently in the koans of the Wumenguan and the Blue Cliff Record."
tagline: "Esteemed chán master of the Tang Dynasty"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zhaozhou_Congshen-Fozu_zhengzong_daoying37.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "778"
deathDate: "897"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.97
  momentum:             2.56
  historical:           12.93639866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhaozhou"
    title: "Zhaozhou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhaozhou_Congshen"
    title: "Zhaozhou Congshen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhaozhou_Congshen"
    title: "Zhaozhou Congshen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhaozhou_Congshen"
    title: "Zhaozhou Congshen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Zhou"
    title: "Zhao Zhou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B6%99%E5%B7%9E%E5%BE%93%E8%AB%97"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%A3%BC%EC%A2%85%EC%8B%AC"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhaozhou_Congshen"
    title: "Zhaozhou Congshen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhaozhou_Congshen"
    title: "Zhaozhou Congshen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhaozhou_Congshen"
    title: "Zhaozhou Congshen"
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  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhaozhou_Congshen"
    title: "Zhaozhou Congshen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Triệu Châu Tùng Thẩm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump