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Bada Shanren

1626 - 1705

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Zhu Da (朱耷), also known by his pen name Bada Shanren (八大山人), was a late-Ming and early-Qing dynasty Chinese painter, calligrapher, and poet. He was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi, in 1626, at during the Ming-Qing Transition. Zhu was mentally ill and displayed erratic behavior. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bada Shanren has received more than 109,985 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Bada Shanren is the 811th most popular painter (up from 845th in 2019), the 583rd most popular biography from China (down from 576th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Chinese Painter.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Bada Shanren ranks 811 out of 2,023. Before him are Jacques Villon, Philip de László, Kurt Westergaard, Konstantin Korovin, Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, and Frans Floris. After him are Abraham Janssens, Ogata Kōrin, Ľudovít Fulla, Franz von Lenbach, George Stubbs, and Giovanni Baglione.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1626, Bada Shanren ranks 11. Before him are William II, Prince of Orange, Francesco Redi, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Giovanni Legrenzi, and Louis Couperin. After him are John Aubrey, Andrea Guarneri, Jan van Kessel the Elder, Pietro Mengoli, Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken, and Simon Ushakov. Among people deceased in 1705, Bada Shanren ranks 15. Before him are Philipp Spener, Madame d'Aulnoy, Pierre Beauchamp, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Guillaume Amontons, and Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach. After him are Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark, Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia, Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, Johann Ernst Glück, Justine Siegemund, and Titus Oates.

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In China

Among people born in China, Bada Shanren ranks 583 out of 1,610. Before him are Wen Zhengming (1470), Lie Yukou (-449), Li Hongzhi (1951), Fang Xuanling (578), Li Shangyin (813), and Zhang Wentian (1900). After him are Consort Ban (-48), Tung Chee-hwa (1937), He Long (1896), Zao Wou-Ki (1920), Lo Wei (1918), and Charlie Soong (1861).

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Among PAINTERS In China

Among painters born in China, Bada Shanren ranks 18. Before him are Wu Daozi (680), Shen Zhou (1427), Xia Gui (1195), Yun Shouping (1633), Liang Kai (1200), and Wen Zhengming (1470). After him are Zao Wou-Ki (1920), Pan Yuliang (1895), Muqi (1210), Zhang Zeduan (1085), Huang Tingjian (1045), and Li Cheng (919).

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