WRITER

Ji Kang

223 - 262

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Ji Kang (Chinese: 嵇康, 223–262), sometimes referred to as Xi Kang, courtesy name Shuye (叔夜, "shu" means the 3rd son of the family, "ye" means night), was a Chinese writer, poet, Daoist philosopher, musician and alchemist of the Three Kingdoms period. He was one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove who held aloof from the dangerous politics of third-century China to devote themselves to art and refinement. Ji Kang is noted as an author and was also a famous composer and guqin-player. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ji Kang has received more than 84,580 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ji Kang is the 1,995th most popular writer (down from 1,955th in 2019), the 563rd most popular biography from China (down from 527th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Chinese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 85k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Kang zhan sheng li wu shi zhou nian guo ji yan tao hui lun wen ji
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, Congresses
1997
Chi chung san chi
1965
Kou shu Song Hu kang zhan
Campaigns, Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, Chinese Personal narratives
2007
Zhonghua min zu wei da fu xing de li shi zhuan zhe
Campaigns, Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, World War, 1939-1945
2006
Ji Kang ji jiao zhu
1962

Page views of Ji Kangs by language

Over the past year Ji Kang has had the most page views in the with 43,392 views, followed by English (11,575), and Japanese (8,601). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Asturian (93.81%), Catalan (76.59%), and Mirandese (65.06%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ji Kang ranks 1,995 out of 7,302. Before him are Jacques Amyot, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Lady Randolph Churchill, Vsevolod Garshin, Cornell Woolrich, and Jaume Cabré. After him are Yehuda Amichai, Nicolás Guillén, Countess of Ségur, Jorge Manrique, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, and Mohamed Choukri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 223, Ji Kang ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 262, Ji Kang ranks 1. After him is Mussius Aemilianus.

Others Born in 223

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    Ji Kang

    WRITER

    223 - 262

    HPI: 56.21

    Rank: 1

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In China

Among people born in China, Ji Kang ranks 563 out of 1,610. Before him are Edward Yang (1947), Yin Lihua (5), Fan Zhongyan (989), Ngawang Namgyal (1594), Zhong Yao (151), and Shen Zhou (1427). After him are Wang Qishan (1948), Yuan Zhen (779), Shiing-Shen Chern (1911), Joan Chen (1961), Xia Gui (1195), and Yun Shouping (1633).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Ji Kang ranks 53. Before him are Li Yu (1610), Xu Shen (58), Feng Menglong (1574), Ruan Ji (210), Watchman Nee (1903), and Fan Zhongyan (989). After him are Yuan Zhen (779), Li Shangyin (813), Consort Ban (-48), Cao Yu (1910), Ding Ling (1904), and Xue Tao (768).

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