# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zheng-zuoxin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:57:35.573Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zheng-zuoxin"
name: "Zheng Zuoxin"
slug: "zheng-zuoxin"
description: "Tso-hsin Cheng was a Chinese ornithologist known for his seminal work on the birds of China and mentoring a generation of researchers. Educated in the United States, he chose to stay in China after the Second World War while many of his academic colleagues moved to Taiwan. He was severely punished during the Cultural Revolution despite being a member of the Communist Party."
tagline: "Chinese ornithologist (1906–1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ZhengZuoxin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
birthDate: "1906-11-18"
deathDate: "1998-06-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.359181333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%83%91%E4%BD%9C%E6%96%B0"
    title: "郑作新"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B6%D1%8D%D0%BD_%D0%A6%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%8C"
    title: "Чжэн Цзасінь"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_Zuoxin"
    title: "Zheng Zuoxin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tso-hsin_Cheng"
    title: "Tso-hsin Cheng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_Zuoxin"
    title: "Zheng Zuoxin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B6%D1%8D%D0%BD_%D0%A6%D0%B7%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8C"
    title: "Чжэн Цзосинь"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tso-Hsin_Cheng"
    title: "Tso-Hsin Cheng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3575415"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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