WRITER

Cao Xueqin

1724 - 1763

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Cao Xueqin ([tsʰǎʊ ɕɥètɕʰǐn] tsow sh'weh-chin; Chinese: 曹雪芹; Pinyin: Cáoxuěqín); (4 April 1710 — 10 June 1765) was a Chinese novelist and poet during the Qing dynasty. He is best known as the author of Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cao Xueqin has received more than 288,074 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Cao Xueqin is the 734th most popular writer (up from 842nd in 2019), the 204th most popular biography from China (up from 236th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Chinese Writer.

Cao Xueqin is most famous for his novel "Dream of the Red Chamber."

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

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  • 63.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Fiction
I just now simply spoke in jest about those cups in order to induce them to laugh, old goody Liu at these words, mused within herself, "but, who would have thought that she actually has some of the kind. I've often been to the large households of village gentry on a visit, and even been to banquets there and seen both gold cups and silver cups; but never have I beheld any wooden ones about! Ah, of course! They must, I expect, be the wooden bowls used by the young children. Their object must be to inveigle me to have a couple of bowlfuls more than is good for me! But I don't mind it. This wine is, verily, like honey, so if I drink a little more, it won't do me any harm."
1962

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cao Xueqin ranks 734 out of 7,302. Before him are Christopher Tolkien, Edmond Rostand, Arthur Adamov, Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, Amin Maalouf, and Beatrix Potter. After him are Walter Raleigh, Sidonius Apollinaris, Otto of Freising, Georg Büchner, Pierre Boulle, and Yanka Kupala.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1724, Cao Xueqin ranks 3. Before him are Immanuel Kant, and Maria Amalia of Saxony. After him are Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, Louise of Great Britain, Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Peter von Biron, Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach, Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Eva Ekeblad. Among people deceased in 1763, Cao Xueqin ranks 3. Before him are Augustus III of Poland, and Princess Isabella of Parma. After him are Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony, Antoine François Prévost, Pierre de Marivaux, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, Peter Forsskål, Gottfried Heinrich Bach, Gabriela Silang, Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, and Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

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In China

Among people born in China, Cao Xueqin ranks 204 out of 1,610. Before him are Külüg Khan (1281), Emperor Zhao of Han (-94), Lin Zexu (1785), Wong Fei-hung (1925), Meng Tian (-250), and Zhang Zuolin (1875). After him are Liu Xiaobo (1955), Wang Anshi (1021), Zhang Liang (-290), Wang Yangming (1472), Xu Fu (-255), and Donnie Yen (1963).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Cao Xueqin ranks 15. Before him are Bai Juyi (772), Mo Yan (1955), Faxian (340), Su Shi (1037), Wang Wei (699), and Kang Youwei (1858). After him are Tao Yuanming (365), Jin Yong (1924), Ban Gu (32), Zhang Sanfeng (1200), Ouyang Xiu (1007), and Cai Yan (177).

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