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Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei

408 - 452

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Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei ((北)魏太武帝, 408 – 11 March 452), personal name Tuoba Tao (拓拔燾), Xianbei name Büri (佛貍), was the third emperor of China's Northern Wei dynasty. He was generally regarded as a capable ruler, and during his reign, the Northern Wei roughly doubled in size and unified all of northern China, thus ending the Sixteen Kingdoms period and, together with the southern dynasty Liu Song, starting the Southern and Northern Dynasties period of Chinese history. He was a devout Taoist, under the influence of his prime minister Cui Hao, and in 444, at Cui Hao's suggestion and believing that Buddhists had supported the rebellion of Gai Wu (蓋吳), he ordered the abolition of Buddhism, at the penalty of death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei has received more than 115,160 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei is the 6,342nd most popular politician (down from 5,677th in 2019), the 482nd most popular biography from China (down from 437th in 2019) and the 287th most popular Chinese Politician.

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  • 57.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei ranks 6,342 out of 19,576. Before him are Elijah Muhammad, Tokugawa Ienobu, Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Hayato Ikeda, Tokugawa Ieshige, and Albert I, Duke of Saxony. After him are Georg Ritter von Schönerer, Katharine, Duchess of Kent, Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Waleran III, Duke of Limburg, Yasovarman I, and Noboru Takeshita.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 408, Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 452, Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei ranks 1. After him is Drest I.

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In China

Among people born in China, Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei ranks 482 out of 1,610. Before him are Rinchinbal Khan (1326), Chen Yi (1901), Guo Shoujing (1231), Hong Tianguifu (1849), Xu Da (1332), and Emperor Yizong of Tang (833). After him are Yuen Woo-ping (1945), Yen Chia-kan (1905), Langdarma (803), Ni Zan (1301), Tang Yin (1470), and Li He (790).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei ranks 287. Before him are Emperor Xizong of Tang (862), Chen Cheng (1897), Rinchinbal Khan (1326), Chen Yi (1901), Hong Tianguifu (1849), and Emperor Yizong of Tang (833). After him are Yen Chia-kan (1905), Langdarma (803), He Zizhen (1910), 7th Dalai Lama (1708), Drogön Chögyal Phagpa (1235), and Yao Wenyuan (1931).

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