WRITER

Fan Zhongyan

989 - 1052

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Fan Zhongyan (5 September 989 – 19 June 1052), courtesy name Xiwen (希文), was a Chinese military strategist, philosopher, poet, and politician of the Song dynasty. After serving the central government for several decades, Fan was appointed Prime Minister or Chancellor over the entire Song empire. Fan's philosophical, educational and political contributions continue to be influential to this day, and his writings remain a core component of the Chinese literary canon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fan Zhongyan has received more than 116,325 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Fan Zhongyan is the 1,968th most popular writer (down from 1,895th in 2019), the 559th most popular biography from China (down from 516th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Chinese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Bei Song Fan Zhongyan Dao fu zan
1980
Fan Wenzheng gong wen ji
1866
Fan Wenzheng gong ji
1328
Xin yi Fan Wenzheng gong xuan ji (Gu ji jin zhu xin yi cong shu)
1997
Fan Wen-cheng kung chi
1968
Fan Zhongyan quan ji
2002

Page views of Fan Zhongyans by language

Over the past year Fan Zhongyan has had the most page views in the with 94,914 views, followed by English (15,198), and Japanese (12,385). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Min Nan (328.95%), Cantonese (42.83%), and Vietnamese (28.42%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fan Zhongyan ranks 1,968 out of 7,302. Before him are Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Hincmar, Robert Southey, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, László Krasznahorkai, and Miloš Crnjanski. After him are Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, Péter Esterházy, Theodorus Gaza, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Gustave Kahn, and Anastasius Sinaita.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 989, Fan Zhongyan ranks 2. Before him is Chaghri Beg. After him are Adémar de Chabannes, and Gagik I of Armenia. Among people deceased in 1052, Fan Zhongyan ranks 4. Before him are Emma of Normandy, Bi Sheng, and Vladimir of Novgorod. After him are Boniface III, Margrave of Tuscany, and Guaimar IV of Salerno.

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In China

Among people born in China, Fan Zhongyan ranks 559 out of 1,610. Before him are Gongsun Du (200), Deng Yingchao (1904), 8th Dalai Lama (1758), Ragibagh Khan (1320), Edward Yang (1947), and Yin Lihua (5). After him are Ngawang Namgyal (1594), Zhong Yao (151), Shen Zhou (1427), Ji Kang (223), Wang Qishan (1948), and Yuan Zhen (779).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Fan Zhongyan ranks 52. Before him are Mao Dun (1896), Li Yu (1610), Xu Shen (58), Feng Menglong (1574), Ruan Ji (210), and Watchman Nee (1903). After him are Ji Kang (223), Yuan Zhen (779), Li Shangyin (813), Consort Ban (-48), Cao Yu (1910), and Ding Ling (1904).

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