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Li Si

280 BC - 208 BC

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Li Si ([lì sɹ̩́]; c. 280 – c.August 208 BC) was a Chinese calligrapher, philosopher, and politician of the Qin dynasty. He served as Chancellor from 246 to 208 BC, first under King Zheng of the state of Qin—who later became Qin Shi Huang, the "First Emperor" of the Qin dynasty. He then served under Qin Er Shi, Qin Shi Huang's eighteenth son and the second emperor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Li Si has received more than 519,962 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Li Si is the 1,016th most popular politician (up from 1,070th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from China (up from 74th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Chinese Politician.

Li Si was most famous for his involvement in the "burning of the books and burying of the scholars" and his role in the fall of the Qin dynasty.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Li Si ranks 1,016 out of 15,577. Before him are Jiaqing Emperor, Archduchess Sophie of Austria, Mary, Queen of Hungary, Oruç Reis, Gratian, and Cleopatra Selene II. After him are Nikephoros II Phokas, Ivan V of Russia, Nabonidus, Frederick V of the Palatinate, Xiang Yu, and Dzhokhar Dudayev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 280 BC, Li Si ranks 1. After him are Han Fei, Livius Andronicus, Philo of Byzantium, Arsaces I of Parthia, Conon of Samos, Pyrrhus II of Epirus, Nicomedes, and Ariamnes of Cappadocia. Among people deceased in 208 BC, Li Si ranks 2. Before him is Chrysippus. After him are Marcus Claudius Marcellus and Chen Sheng.

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In China

Among people born in China, Li Si ranks 64 out of 1,392. Before him are Emperor Yao (-2324), Guangxu Emperor (1871), Zhang Fei (167), Emperor Yingzong of Ming (1427), 5th Dalai Lama (1617), and Jiaqing Emperor (1760). After him are Xiang Yu (-232), Han Fei (-280), Xuande Emperor (1399), Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (685), Gao Xingjian (1940), and Yu the Great (-2123).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Li Si ranks 39. Before him are Jiang Qing (1914), Emperor Yao (-2324), Guangxu Emperor (1871), Emperor Yingzong of Ming (1427), 5th Dalai Lama (1617), and Jiaqing Emperor (1760). After him are Xiang Yu (-232), Xuande Emperor (1399), Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (685), Yu the Great (-2123), Chongzhen Emperor (1611), and Jianwen Emperor (1377).

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