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PHILOSOPHER

Ban Zhao

45 - 115

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Ban Zhao (Chinese: 班昭; 45 or 49 – c. 117/120 CE), courtesy name Huiban (Chinese: 惠班), was a Chinese historian, philosopher, and politician. She was the first known female Chinese historian and, along with Pamphile of Epidaurus, one of the first known female historians. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ban Zhao has received more than 233,234 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Ban Zhao is the 409th most popular philosopher (down from 405th in 2019), the 283rd most popular biography from China (down from 279th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Chinese Philosopher.

Ban Zhao was a female scholar during the Han Dynasty who is most famous for her written work, "The Admonitions for Women."

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  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ban Zhao ranks 409 out of 1,081Before her are Ágnes Heller, Étienne Cabet, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Paul Grice, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, and Linji Yixuan. After her are Boetius of Dacia, Alain de Lille, Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Bernard of Chartres, Ernest Gellner, and Vincent of Beauvais.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 45, Ban Zhao ranks 2Before her is Gaius Valerius Flaccus.  Among people deceased in 115, Ban Zhao ranks 1

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In China

Among people born in China, Ban Zhao ranks 283 out of 1,392Before her are Ma Teng (156), Jacques Mayol (1927), Yoshiko Kawashima (1907), Linji Yixuan (850), Chen Duxiu (1879), and Sima Guang (1019). After her are Emperor Zhang of Han (57), Meng Huo (101), Ei-ichi Negishi (1935), Zu Chongzhi (429), Ai Weiwei (1957), and Xun Yu (163).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In China

Among philosophers born in China, Ban Zhao ranks 16Before her are Milarepa (1052), Shen Kuo (1031), Wang Yangming (1472), Guan Zhong (-720), Han Yu (768), and Linji Yixuan (850). After her are Ge Hong (284), Zhiyi (538), Dong Zhongshu (-179), Liu Bowen (1311), Huiyuan (334), and Marpa Lotsawa (1012).