772 - 846
Bai Juyi (also Bo Juyi or Po Chü-i; Chinese: 白居易; 772–846), courtesy name Letian (樂天), was a Chinese musician, poet, and politician during the Tang dynasty. Many of his poems concern his career or observations made about everyday life, including as governor of three different provinces. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bai Juyi has received more than 254,374 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Bai Juyi is the 612th most popular writer (down from 603rd in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from China (down from 144th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Chinese Writer.
Bai Juyi is most famous for his poetry. He was a poet and statesman during the Tang Dynasty.
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Among writers, Bai Juyi ranks 612 out of 5,755. Before him are Ivar Aasen, Novatian, Alexander Herzen, Hermann Broch, Harry Martinson, and Al-Zamakhshari. After him are Karl Kraus, Ivan Krylov, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Maurice Blanchot, and Sin Saimdang.
1813 - 1896
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 606
220 - 258
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 607
1812 - 1870
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 608
1886 - 1951
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 609
1904 - 1978
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 610
1075 - 1144
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 611
772 - 846
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 612
1874 - 1936
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 613
1769 - 1844
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 614
1741 - 1803
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 615
1772 - 1834
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 616
1907 - 2003
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 617
1504 - 1551
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 618
Among people born in 772, Bai Juyi ranks 1. After him are Charles the Younger, Wala of Corbie, and Liu Yuxi. Among people deceased in 846, Bai Juyi ranks 1. After him are Mojmir I of Moravia, Emperor Wuzong of Tang, and Abu Tammam.
772 - 846
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 1
772 - 811
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 2
772 - 836
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 3
772 - 842
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 4
772 - 846
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 1
795 - 846
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 2
814 - 846
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 3
788 - 846
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 4
Among people born in China, Bai Juyi ranks 165 out of 1,392. Before him are Khorloogiin Choibalsan (1895), Cao Rui (205), Zhu De (1886), Wong Fei-hung (1925), Zhang Liao (169), and Wang Jingwei (1883). After him are Liu Shan (207), Tang of Shang (-1601), Empress Xiaoyichun (1727), King Zhou of Shang (-1105), Tianqi Emperor (1605), and Taichang Emperor (1582).
1895 - 1952
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 159
205 - 239
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 160
1886 - 1976
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 161
1925 - 1925
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 162
169 - 222
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 163
1883 - 1944
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 164
772 - 846
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 165
207 - 271
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 166
1601 BC - 1646 BC
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 167
1727 - 1775
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 168
1105 BC - 1046 BC
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 169
1605 - 1627
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 170
1582 - 1620
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 171
Among writers born in China, Bai Juyi ranks 10. Before him are Qu Yuan (-343), Wu Cheng'en (1500), Luo Guanzhong (1330), Wang Wei (699), Faxian (340), and Mo Yan (1955). After him are Kumārajīva (343), Jin Yong (1924), Kang Youwei (1858), Su Shi (1037), Zhang Sanfeng (1200), and Ban Gu (32).
343 BC - 278 BC
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 4
1500 - 1582
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 5
1330 - 1400
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 6
699 - 759
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 7
340 - 418
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 8
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 9
772 - 846
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 10
343 - 413
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 11
1924 - 2018
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 12
1858 - 1927
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 13
1037 - 1101
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 14
1200 - 1301
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 15
32 - 92
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 16