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Dong Zhongshu

179 BC - 104 BC

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Dong Zhongshu (Chinese: 董仲舒; Wade–Giles: Tung Chung-shu; 179–104 BC) was a Chinese philosopher, politician, and writer of the Han dynasty. He is traditionally associated with the promotion of Confucianism as the official ideology of the Chinese imperial state, favoring heaven worship over the tradition of cults celebrating the five elements. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dong Zhongshu has received more than 153,738 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Dong Zhongshu is the 420th most popular philosopher (up from 478th in 2019), the 298th most popular biography from China (up from 348th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Chinese Philosopher.

Dong Zhongshu is most famous for his "Doctrine of the Mean" which is a Confucian text that is an attempt to reconcile the two major schools of thought in Chinese philosophy, Confucianism and Taoism.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Dong Zhongshu ranks 420 out of 1,267. Before him are Siger of Brabant, Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, John Philoponus, Bernard of Chartres, Alain de Benoist, and Pavel Florensky. After him are Olympiodorus the Younger, Dhul-Nun al-Misri, Adam Ferguson, Ge Hong, Adolf von Harnack, and Pierre d'Ailly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 179 BC, Dong Zhongshu ranks 1. After him is Sima Xiangru. Among people deceased in 104 BC, Dong Zhongshu ranks 3. Before him are Jugurtha, and John Hyrcanus. After him is Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus.

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In China

Among people born in China, Dong Zhongshu ranks 298 out of 1,610. Before him are Chen Shou (233), Emperor Yuan of Jin (276), Jia Xu (147), Yoshiko Kawashima (1907), Ma Teng (156), and Taishi Ci (166). After him are Ge Hong (284), Yuan Chonghuan (1584), Emperor Duzong (1240), Pu Songling (1640), Xiahou Yuan (200), and Fan Li (-500).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In China

Among philosophers born in China, Dong Zhongshu ranks 16. Before him are Milarepa (1052), Shen Kuo (1031), Wang Yangming (1472), Guan Zhong (-720), Han Yu (768), and Ban Zhao (45). After him are Ge Hong (284), Huiyuan (334), Zhiyi (538), Zhang Daoling (34), Linji Yixuan (850), and Shen Buhai (-385).

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