# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zhou-ruchang
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:06:34.914Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zhou-ruchang"
name: "Zhou Ruchang"
slug: "zhou-ruchang"
description: "Zhou Ruchang was a Chinese writer noted for his study of the novel Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin. He is regarded as among the most renowned and influential redologists of the 20th century. In addition, Zhou was also an accomplished calligrapher and expert on traditional Chinese poetry and fiction."
tagline: "Chinese writer (1918-2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zhou_Ruchang_1939.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1918-04-14"
deathDate: "2012-05-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.99
  momentum:             2.515613099771516
  historical:           4.837116
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9269685/"
    handle:    "nm9269685"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_Ruchang"
    title: "Zhou Ruchang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_Ruchang"
    title: "Zhou Ruchang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%91%A8%E6%B1%9D%E6%98%8C"
    title: "周汝昌"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu_Nh%E1%BB%AF_X%C6%B0%C6%A1ng"
    title: "Chu Nhữ Xương"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%91%A8%E6%B1%9D%E6%98%8C"
    title: "周汝昌"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8071041"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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