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Bai Juyi

772 - 846

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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. He achieved fame as a writer of verse in a low-key, near vernacular style that was popular throughout medieval East Asia.Bai was also influential in the historical development of Japanese literature, where he is better known by the on'yomi reading of his courtesy name, Haku Rakuten (shinjitai: 白楽天). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bai Juyi has received more than 251,864 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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  • 41

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  • 3.82

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  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bai Juyi ranks 612 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 772, Bai Juyi ranks 1After him are Charles the Younger, Wala of Corbie, and Liu Yuxi. Among people deceased in 846, Bai Juyi ranks 1After him are Mojmir I of Moravia, Emperor Wuzong of Tang, and Abu Tammam.

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In China

Among people born in China, Bai Juyi ranks 165 out of 1,392Before 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).

Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Bai Juyi ranks 10Before 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).