HISTORIAN

Guo Pu

276 - 324

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Guo Pu (Chinese: 郭璞; AD 276–324), courtesy name Jingchun (Chinese: 景純; pinyin: Jǐngchún), was a Chinese historian, poet, and writer during the Eastern Jin period, and is best known as one of China's foremost commentators on ancient texts. Guo was a Taoist mystic, geomancer, collector of strange tales, editor of old texts, and erudite commentator. He was the first commentator of the Shan Hai Jing and so probably, with the noted Han bibliographer Liu Xin, was instrumental in preserving this valuable mythological and religious text. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guo Pu has received more than 75,479 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Guo Pu is the 213th most popular historian (up from 248th in 2019), the 690th most popular biography from China (up from 696th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Chinese Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 75k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Guo Pu ranks 213 out of 561. Before him are Tony Judt, Aulus Cremutius Cordus, Constantine Lascaris, Zeev Sternhell, Friedrich Meinecke, and Egon Friedell. After him are Heinrich Graetz, Antiochus of Syracuse, Vasily Klyuchevsky, Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Ivane Javakhishvili, and John Foxe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 276, Guo Pu ranks 2. Before him is Emperor Yuan of Jin.  Among people deceased in 324, Guo Pu ranks 2. Before him is Martinian.

Others Born in 276

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Others Deceased in 324

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    Martinian

    POLITICIAN

    250 - 324

    HPI: 58.59

    Rank: 1

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    Guo Pu

    HISTORIAN

    276 - 324

    HPI: 53.60

    Rank: 2

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In China

Among people born in China, Guo Pu ranks 690 out of 1,610. Before him are Lau Kar-leung (1934), Zhang Guotao (1897), Xin Qiji (1140), Xu Wei (1521), Lu Ji (261), and Sogyal Rinpoche (1947). After him are Tao Hongjing (456), Xu Beihong (1895), James Tien (1942), Zhang Daqian (1899), Tang Xianzu (1550), and Fan Bingbing (1981).

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Among HISTORIANS In China

Among historians born in China, Guo Pu ranks 4. Before him are Sima Qian (-145), Cangjie (-2650), and Pei Songzhi (372). After him are Ji Xianlin (1911), and Zhao Rukuo (1170).

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