RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Je Tsongkhapa

1357 - 1419

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Tsongkhapa (Tibetan: ཙོང་ཁ་པ་, [tsoŋˈkʰapa], meaning: "the man from Tsongkha" or "the Man from Onion Valley", c. 1357–1419) was an influential Tibetan Buddhist monk, philosopher and tantric yogi, whose activities led to the formation of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Je Tsongkhapa has received more than 414,649 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Je Tsongkhapa is the 661st most popular religious figure (down from 658th in 2019), the 178th most popular biography from China (down from 176th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Chinese Religious Figure.

Je Tsongkhapa was the founder of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. He is most famous for writing the Lamrim Chenmo, or "Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment."

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  • 2.34

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Je Tsongkhapa ranks 661 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Constantine, Pope Benedict IV, Evagrius Ponticus, Menno Simons, Benkei, and Romanos the Melodist. After him are Paulo Miki, Olaus Magnus, Empress Meishō, Louis de Montfort, Pope Benedict V, and Mattathias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1357, Je Tsongkhapa ranks 2. Before him is Jeongjong of Joseon. After him are Qara Yusuf, Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Anna of Trebizond, Queen of Georgia. Among people deceased in 1419, Je Tsongkhapa ranks 6. Before him are Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, Antipope John XXIII, John the Fearless, Jeongjong of Joseon, and Vincent Ferrer. After him are Jobst of Moravia, Edigu, Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, and Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg.

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In China

Among people born in China, Je Tsongkhapa ranks 178 out of 1,610. Before him are Abaoji (872), Wen Jiabao (1942), Pang Tong (179), Ma Chao (176), Li Hongzhang (1823), and Peng Dehuai (1898). After him are Zhang Liao (169), Zhang Yimou (1950), Bolo Yeung (1946), Emperor Zhenzong (968), Wang Zhaojun (-50), and Emperor Shenzong of Song (1048).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In China

Among religious figures born in China, Je Tsongkhapa ranks 4. Before him are 14th Dalai Lama (1935), 13th Dalai Lama (1876), and Huineng (638). After him are 11th Dalai Lama (1838), Bao Xishun (1951), Dazu Huike (487), Joseph Zen (1932), Shaohao (null), Jianzhen (688), Sengcan (529), and Gan Ji (101).

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