PHILOSOPHER

Hu Shih

1891 - 1962

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Hu Shih (Chinese: 胡適; 17 December 1891 – 24 February 1962) was a Chinese diplomat, essayist and fiction writer, literary scholar, philosopher, and politician. Hu contributed to Chinese liberalism and language reform and advocated for the use of written vernacular Chinese. He participated in the May Fourth Movement and China's New Culture Movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hu Shih has received more than 572,150 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Hu Shih is the 602nd most popular philosopher (down from 581st in 2019), the 474th most popular biography from China (down from 466th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Chinese Philosopher.

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  • 570k

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  • 57.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hu Shih ranks 602 out of 1,267. Before him are Bardaisan, Aeschines of Sphettus, Arne Næss, Salomon Maimon, Hans Albert, and Maurice Blondel. After him are Abhinavagupta, Paul Nizan, Peter Deunov, Thomas Reid, Crates of Mallus, and Al-Taftazani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Hu Shih ranks 56. Before him are Pier Luigi Nervi, Walter A. Shewhart, Karl-Adolf Hollidt, Takijirō Ōnishi, Shukri al-Quwatli, and John Heartfield. After him are Jacques Lipchitz, Hans F. K. Günther, Johannes R. Becher, Oswald Boelcke, Lajos Zilahy, and Lilya Brik. Among people deceased in 1962, Hu Shih ranks 51. Before him are Vita Sackville-West, Natalia Sedova, M. Visvesvaraya, Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg, Lei Feng, and Gianna Beretta Molla. After him are Frank Borzage, Thomas Mitchell, Muhammad VIII al-Amin, Emil Artin, Albert Sarraut, and E. E. Cummings.

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In China

Among people born in China, Hu Shih ranks 474 out of 1,610. Before him are Zhang Xianzhong (1606), Rebiya Kadeer (1946), H. H. Kung (1881), 10th Dalai Lama (1816), Eileen Chang (1920), and Emperor Xizong of Tang (862). After him are Chen Cheng (1897), Rinchinbal Khan (1326), Chen Yi (1901), Guo Shoujing (1231), Hong Tianguifu (1849), and Xu Da (1332).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In China

Among philosophers born in China, Hu Shih ranks 25. Before him are Zhiyi (538), Zhang Daoling (34), Linji Yixuan (850), Shen Buhai (-385), Zhou Dunyi (1017), and Liu Bowen (1311). After him are Marpa Lotsawa (1012), Yang Xiong (-53), Cheng Yi (1033), Wang Bi (226), Zhang Zai (1020), and Lie Yukou (-449).

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