Writer

Yuan Mei

poet, essayist, scholar of the Qing Dynasty

1716 - 1798

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Yuan Mei

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Yuan Mei is the 2,176th most popular writer (up from 2,490th in 2024), the 576th most popular biography from China (up from 651st in 2019) and the 57th most popular Chinese Writer.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Yuan Mei ranks 2,176 out of 7,302. Before him are Dexippus, Philippe Sollers, Brian Aldiss, Bernard Palissy, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, and Aleksander Chodźko. After him are Judith Kerr, Cesare Zavattini, Asclepiades of Samos, Håkan Nesser, Pierre Lemaitre, and George Tabori.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Dexippus
210 - 278
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 2,170
Philippe Sollers
1936 - 2023
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 2,171
Brian Aldiss
1925 - 2017
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 2,172
Bernard Palissy
1510 - 1589
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 2,173
Johanna van Gogh-Bonger
1862 - 1925
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 2,174
Aleksander Chodźko
1804 - 1891
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 2,175
Yuan Mei
1716 - 1798
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 2,176
Judith Kerr
1923 - 2019
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 2,177
Cesare Zavattini
1902 - 1989
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 2,178
Asclepiades of Samos
320 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 2,179
Håkan Nesser
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 2,180
Pierre Lemaitre
1951 - Present
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 2,181
George Tabori
1914 - 2007
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 2,182

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1716, Yuan Mei ranks 10. Before him are Louise Diane d'Orléans, Étienne Maurice Falconet, James Lind, Gaspar de Portolá, Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, and Joseph-Marie Vien. After him are Antonio de Ulloa, Thomas Gray, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, Luis Egidio Meléndez, Eugenios Voulgaris, and Pehr Kalm. Among people deceased in 1798, Yuan Mei ranks 16. Before him are Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Heraclius II of Georgia, Christian Gottlob Neefe, Edward Waring, Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, and Johann Reinhold Forster. After him are Infanta María Amalia of Spain, Antoine de Chézy, Gaetano Pugnani, Christian Cannabich, François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, and Laurynas Gucevičius.

Others Born in 1716

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Louise Diane d'Orléans
COMPANION
1716 - 1736
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 4
Étienne Maurice Falconet
SCULPTOR
1716 - 1791
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 5
James Lind
PHYSICIAN
1716 - 1794
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 6
Gaspar de Portolá
EXPLORER
1716 - 1786
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 7
Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia
COMPOSER
1716 - 1801
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 8
Joseph-Marie Vien
PAINTER
1716 - 1809
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 9
Yuan Mei
WRITER
1716 - 1798
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 10
Antonio de Ulloa
ASTRONOMER
1716 - 1795
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 11
Thomas Gray
WRITER
1716 - 1771
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 12
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy
WRITER
1716 - 1795
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 13
Luis Egidio Meléndez
PAINTER
1716 - 1780
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 14
Eugenios Voulgaris
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1716 - 1806
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 15
Pehr Kalm
BIOLOGIST
1716 - 1779
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 16

Others Deceased in 1798

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Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt
POLITICIAN
1736 - 1798
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 10
Heraclius II of Georgia
POLITICIAN
1720 - 1798
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 11
Christian Gottlob Neefe
COMPOSER
1748 - 1798
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 12
Edward Waring
MATHEMATICIAN
1736 - 1798
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 13
Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder
WRITER
1773 - 1798
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 14
Johann Reinhold Forster
BIOLOGIST
1729 - 1798
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 15
Yuan Mei
WRITER
1716 - 1798
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 16
Infanta María Amalia of Spain
NOBLEMAN
1779 - 1798
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 17
Antoine de Chézy
ENGINEER
1718 - 1798
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 18
Gaetano Pugnani
COMPOSER
1731 - 1798
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 19
Christian Cannabich
COMPOSER
1731 - 1798
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 20
François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1753 - 1798
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 21
Laurynas Gucevičius
ARCHITECT
1753 - 1798
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 22