# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zhu-zixing
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:05:49.073Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zhu-zixing"
name: "Zhu Zixing"
slug: "zhu-zixing"
description: "Zhu Zixing alternatively Zhu Shixing, is described in Chinese Buddhism as the first Chinese person to be ordained and become a Buddhist monk via contact with others on the Silk Road. His hometown is recorded as Yingchuan, located in Lishui, and he was ordained in Luoyang at the White Horse Temple. Zhu first went to Khotan in Central Asia from Yongzhou in 260 to investigate Buddhism, long before other Chinese monks and travelers reached India to study Buddhism. In Khotan, he acquired a copy of the Sanskrit Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā prajñāpāramitā, copied it, and had his disciples bring it back to China. Initially he was opposed by Hinayanist monks who outnumbered Mahayanist monks and were allied with the ruling king. He was eventually successful and the manuscript was sent to China in 282."
tagline: "Chinese Buddhist monk and translator"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "203"
deathDate: "282"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.352953333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%B1%E5%A3%AB%E8%A1%8C"
    title: "朱士行"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%87%D9%88_%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "زهو زيكسينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Zixing"
    title: "Zhu Zixing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zh%C5%AB_Sh%C3%ACx%C3%ADng"
    title: "Zhū Shìxíng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%B1%E5%A3%AB%E8%A1%8C"
    title: "朱士行"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A3%BC%EC%9E%90%ED%96%89"
    title: "주자행"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B9_%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%87"
    title: "จู ชื่อสิง"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4024383"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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