1724 - 1763
Cáo Xuěqín ([tsʰǎʊ ɕɥètɕʰǐn] tsow sh'weh-chin; Chinese: 曹雪芹); (April 04, 1710 — June 10, 1765) was a Chinese writer 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 214,897 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Cao Xueqin is the 868th most popular writer (down from 828th in 2019), the 226th most popular biography from China (down from 222nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Chinese Writer.
Cao Xueqin is most famous for his novel "Dream of the Red Chamber."
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Among writers, Cao Xueqin ranks 868 out of 5,794. Before him are Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Theodore Beza, Theodor Fontane, Julius Fučík, Pietro Bembo, and Waris Dirie. After him are Else Lasker-Schüler, Richard Matheson, Kobayashi Issa, Nestor the Chronicler, Tukaram, and Władysław Reymont.
64 BC - 8
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 862
1519 - 1605
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 863
1819 - 1898
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 864
1903 - 1943
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 865
1470 - 1547
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 866
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 867
1724 - 1763
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 868
1869 - 1945
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 869
1926 - 2013
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 870
1763 - 1828
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 871
1056 - 1106
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 872
1608 - 1650
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 873
1867 - 1925
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 874
Among people born in 1724, Cao Xueqin ranks 4. Before him are Immanuel Kant, Maria Amalia of Saxony, and Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock. After him are Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Louise of Great Britain, Peter von Biron, Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach, Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Franz Aepinus. Among people deceased in 1763, Cao Xueqin ranks 6. Before him are Augustus III of Poland, Pierre de Marivaux, Princess Isabella of Parma, Antoine François Prévost, and Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony. After him are Peter Forsskål, Gottfried Heinrich Bach, Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, Giovanni Benedetto Platti, Marco Foscarini, and Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont.
1724 - 1804
HPI: 93.13
Rank: 1
1724 - 1760
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 2
1724 - 1803
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 3
1724 - 1763
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 4
1724 - 1799
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 5
1724 - 1780
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 6
1724 - 1751
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 7
1724 - 1800
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 8
1724 - 1800
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 9
1724 - 1794
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 10
1724 - 1767
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 11
1724 - 1802
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 12
1696 - 1763
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 1
1688 - 1763
HPI: 74.86
Rank: 2
1741 - 1763
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 3
1697 - 1763
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 4
1722 - 1763
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 5
1724 - 1763
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 6
1732 - 1763
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 7
1724 - 1763
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 8
1719 - 1763
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 9
1697 - 1763
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 10
1696 - 1763
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 11
1704 - 1763
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 12
Among people born in China, Cao Xueqin ranks 226 out of 1,186. Before him are Cao Ren (168), Liu Biao (142), Yoshiko Yamaguchi (1920), Emperor Qianshao of Han (-150), Xiahou Yuan (200), and Liu Hui (225). After him are Bi Sheng (990), Bolo Yeung (1946), Han Yu (768), Emperor Yuan of Han (-75), Zhang Xueliang (1901), and Charles K. Kao (1933).
168 - 223
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 220
142 - 208
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 221
1920 - 2014
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 222
150 BC - 184 BC
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 223
200 - 219
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 224
225 - 295
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 225
1724 - 1763
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 226
990 - 1052
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 227
1946 - Present
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 228
768 - 824
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 229
75 BC - 33 BC
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 230
1901 - 2001
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 231
1933 - 2018
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 232
Among writers born in China, Cao Xueqin ranks 17. Before him are Jin Yong (1924), Zhang Sanfeng (1200), Su Shi (1037), Faxian (340), Kang Youwei (1858), and Tao Yuanming (365). After him are Ban Gu (32), Pu Songling (1640), Cai Yan (177), Lao She (1899), Lin Yutang (1895), and Shi Nai'an (1296).
1924 - 2018
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 11
1200 - 1301
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 12
1037 - 1101
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 13
340 - 418
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 14
1858 - 1927
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 15
365 - 427
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 16
1724 - 1763
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 17
32 - 92
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 18
1640 - 1715
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 19
177 - 250
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 20
1899 - 1966
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 21
1895 - 1976
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 22
1296 - 1372
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 23