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Emperor Wen of Sui

541 - 604

Emperor Wen of Sui

Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝; 21 July 541 – 13 August 604), personal name Yang Jian (楊堅), Xianbei name Puliuru Jian (普六茹堅), alias Narayana (Chinese: 那羅延; pinyin: Nàluóyán) deriving from Buddhist terms, was the founder and the first emperor of the Chinese Sui dynasty. As a Buddhist, he encouraged the spread of Buddhism through the state. He is regarded as one of the most important emperors in Chinese history, reunifying China proper in 589 after centuries of division since the independence of the Cheng-Han and Han-Zhao dynasties from the Western Jin dynasty in 304. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emperor Wen of Sui has received more than 566,985 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Emperor Wen of Sui is the 1,181st most popular politician (down from 1,137th in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from China (up from 83rd in 2019) and the 48th most popular Chinese Politician.

Emperor Wen of Sui is most famous for the reunification of China and the construction of the Grand Canal.

Memorability Metrics

570k
Page Views (PV)
68.40
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
36
Languages Editions (L)
5.15
Effective Languages (L*)
2.84
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Emperor Wen of Sui ranks 1,181 out of 15,577. Before him are Alexei Rykov, Alexander Kolchak, Vajiralongkorn, Brennus, Samo, and Conrad IV of Germany. After him are Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Valdemar II of Denmark, Demetrius I of Macedon, Harthacnut, Cleopatra II of Egypt, and Romanos III Argyros.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 541, Emperor Wen of Sui ranks 1. After him is Audoin. Among people deceased in 604, Emperor Wen of Sui ranks 2. Before him is Pope Gregory I. After him are Augustine of Canterbury, Al-Nabigha, and Æthelric of Deira.