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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), was the founding 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 607,226 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Emperor Wen of Sui is the 1,271st most popular politician (down from 1,179th in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from China (down from 78th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Chinese Politician.

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

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Effective Languages (L*)
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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Emperor Wen of Sui ranks 1,271 out of 19,576. Before him are Henri, Count of Chambord, Jefferson Davis, Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Ludwig I of Bavaria, Ferdinand I of Romania, and Emmanuel Macron. After him are Charles II, Archduke of Austria, Lucius Caesar, Valdemar I of Denmark, Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, Antiochus I Soter, and Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.

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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.