PHILOSOPHER

Huang Zongxi

1610 - 1695

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Huang Zongxi (Chinese: 黃宗羲; September 24, 1610 – August 12, 1695), courtesy name Taichong (太冲), was a Chinese naturalist, political theorist, philosopher, and soldier during the latter part of the Ming dynasty into the early part of the Qing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Huang Zongxi has received more than 88,327 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Huang Zongxi is the 965th most popular philosopher (down from 921st in 2019), the 769th most popular biography from China (down from 709th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Chinese Philosopher.

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  • 51.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Huang Zongxi ranks 965 out of 1,267. Before him are Edmund Gettier, Herbert Feigl, Critolaus, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Georges Florovsky, and Anselm of Laon. After him are Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, Harald Høffding, Fazlur Rahman Malik, Martin Lings, Pierre Nicole, and Imran N. Hosein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1610, Huang Zongxi ranks 20. Before him are Maria Cunitz, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Karel Škréta, Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony, Abraham Duquesne, and Jan Miense Molenaer. After him are Albert Eckhout, Georg Marcgrave, and William Dobson. Among people deceased in 1695, Huang Zongxi ranks 16. Before him are Thomas Tew, François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł, Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Georg von Derfflinger, and Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. After him are Pierre Nicole, Samuel Morland, Christoph Arnold, Paul Hermann, and Henry Vaughan.

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In China

Among people born in China, Huang Zongxi ranks 769 out of 1,610. Before him are Xu Xiangqian (1901), Huang Hua (1913), Wu Bangguo (1941), Dai Zhen (1724), Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (1938), and Lang Lang (1982). After him are Chu Suiliang (597), Zhang Xuan (713), Tan Dun (1957), Wu Ma (1942), Wang Xianzhi (344), and Bing Xin (1900).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In China

Among philosophers born in China, Huang Zongxi ranks 39. Before him are Wang Fuzhi (1619), Liu Yuxi (772), Cheng Hao (1032), Tan Sitong (1865), Tao Hongjing (456), and Feng Youlan (1895). After him are Wei Yuan (1794), Zhang Binglin (1868), Derek Parfit (1942), P. C. Chang (1892), and Liang Shuming (1893).

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