WRITER

Gu Yanwu

1613 - 1682

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Gu Yanwu (Chinese: 顧炎武) (July 15, 1613 – February 15, 1682), also known as Gu Tinglin (Chinese: 顧亭林), was a Chinese philologist, geographer, and famous scholar in the early Qing dynasty. After the Manchu conquest of north China in 1644, Gu participated in anti-Manchu activities. He never served the Qing dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gu Yanwu has received more than 83,072 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Gu Yanwu is the 2,866th most popular writer (up from 3,013th in 2019), the 706th most popular biography from China (down from 683rd in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Chinese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 83k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Ri zhi lu
1860
Tian xia jun guo li bing shu
Description and travel
1879
Li dai di wang zhai jing ji
China, Capital, Palaces
1888
Sheng'an ben ji
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644, China, History
1800
Ri zhi lu ji shi
Chinese classics, Study and teaching
1834
Dian gu ji wen
History
1981

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gu Yanwu ranks 2,866 out of 7,302. Before him are Bernardo Dovizi, Maurice Sendak, Ferenc Kazinczy, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Kostis Palamas, and Anthony Horowitz. After him are Jonathan Franzen, Giacomo da Lentini, Jack Williamson, Robert Penn Warren, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, and Lucia Berlin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1613, Gu Yanwu ranks 15. Before him are Jean François Paul de Gondi, Bartholomeus van der Helst, Khushal Khattak, Luisa de Guzmán, Gaspard Dughet, and William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz. After him are Charles de Saint-Évremond, Isaac de Benserade, Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg, and Jacques d'Arthois. Among people deceased in 1682, Gu Yanwu ranks 16. Before him are Baldassare Longhena, Alessandro Stradella, Jean Picard, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Thomas Browne, and Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz. After him are Heo Mok, and Yohannes I.

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In China

Among people born in China, Gu Yanwu ranks 706 out of 1,610. Before him are Qu Qiubai (1899), Lien Chan (1936), Ma Huateng (1971), Song Yingxing (1587), Lin Huiyin (1904), and Nie Rongzhen (1899). After him are Wang Meng (1308), Cheung Po Tsai (1783), Chen Boda (1904), Deng Sui (81), Ng Man-tat (1952), and Guan Daosheng (1262).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Gu Yanwu ranks 72. Before him are Sima Tan (-165), Tian Han (1898), Lu Ji (261), Sogyal Rinpoche (1947), Tang Xianzu (1550), and Song Yingxing (1587). After him are Guan Daosheng (1262), Song Yu (-298), Han Suyin (1917), François Cheng (1929), Wang Bo (650), and Qian Zhongshu (1910).

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