WRITER

Chen Zi'ang

661 - 702

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Chen Zi'ang (Chinese: 陳子昂, 661 (or 656)–702), courtesy name Boyu (伯玉), was a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty. He was important in helping to bring into being the type of poetry which is considered to be characteristically "Tang". Dissatisfied with the current state of the affairs of poetry at the time, almost paradoxically, by keeping his eye on the remote antiquity he helped usher in a new age of Chinese poetry (see quote below). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chen Zi'ang has received more than 34,867 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Chen Zi'ang is the 4,271st most popular writer (down from 3,988th in 2019), the 856th most popular biography from China (down from 785th in 2019) and the 99th most popular Chinese Writer.

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  • 35k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Chen Zi'ang ranks 4,271 out of 7,302. Before him are Krishan Chander, Adalet Ağaoğlu, Roy Jacobsen, Vladislav Khodasevich, Ciro Alegría, and Theodore Abu Qurrah. After him are Luise Rinser, Seán O'Casey, Julius Zeyer, Steen Steensen Blicher, Marcel Arland, and Richard Hakluyt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 661, Chen Zi'ang ranks 3. Before him are Muawiya II, and Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf.  Among people deceased in 702, Chen Zi'ang ranks 4. Before him are Egica, Liutpert, and Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra.

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In China

Among people born in China, Chen Zi'ang ranks 856 out of 1,610. Before him are Yu Rongguang (1958), Liu Yandong (1945), Hwang Sok-yong (1943), Yu Dafu (1896), P. C. Chang (1892), and Huang Fu (1883). After him are Henry Luce (1898), Wang Yang (1955), Zhong Nanshan (1936), Huang Ju (1938), Luo Ronghuan (1902), and Chi Haotian (1929).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Chen Zi'ang ranks 99. Before him are Taranatha (1575), Katherine Paterson (1932), Yan Lianke (1958), Ma Duanlin (1245), Hwang Sok-yong (1943), and Yu Dafu (1896). After him are Mervyn Peake (1911), Dai Sijie (1954), Wen Yiduo (1899), Can Xue (1953), Wang Guowei (1877), and Lin Shu (1852).

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