PHILOSOPHER

Li Zhi

1527 - 1602

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Li Zhi (1527–1602), often known by his pseudonym Zhuowu (which means, “I who am smart”), was a Chinese philosopher, historian and writer of the late Ming dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Li Zhi has received more than 26,589 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Li Zhi is the 745th most popular philosopher (down from 718th in 2019), the 596th most popular biography from China (down from 551st in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Chinese Philosopher.

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  • 1.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Li Zhi ranks 745 out of 1,267Before him are William Heard Kilpatrick, Metrocles, Theodor Lessing, Philippa Foot, Mykhailo Drahomanov, and P. F. Strawson. After him are Hemachandra, John Argyropoulos, Glaucon, Ian Stevenson, Paolo Sarpi, and Helen Parkhurst.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1527, Li Zhi ranks 14Before him are Hans Vredeman de Vries, Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, Agnes of Hesse, Luis de León, Pellegrino Tibaldi, and Anna Sophia of Prussia. After him are Luca Cambiaso, Hamida Banu Begum, Philippine Welser, Annibale Padovano, Saitō Yoshitatsu, and Łukasz Górnicki. Among people deceased in 1602, Li Zhi ranks 8Before him are Agostino Carracci, Renata of Lorraine, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Ii Naomasa, Emilio de' Cavalieri, and Kobayakawa Hideaki. After him are Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin, Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha, Caspar Peucer, and Juan de Fuca.

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In China

Among people born in China, Li Zhi ranks 596 out of 1,610Before him are Lo Wei (1918), Charlie Soong (1861), Jianzhen (688), Hu Hanmin (1879), Kang Sheng (1898), and Jin Midi (-134). After him are Ban Biao (3), Zheng Jing (1642), Na Moon-hee (1941), Zhu Shijie (1249), Wang Hongwen (1935), and Wang Ming (1904).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In China

Among philosophers born in China, Li Zhi ranks 32Before him are Marpa Lotsawa (1012), Yang Xiong (-53), Cheng Yi (1033), Wang Bi (226), Zhang Zai (1020), and Lie Yukou (-449). After him are Wang Fuzhi (1619), Liu Yuxi (772), Cheng Hao (1032), Tan Sitong (1865), Tao Hongjing (456), and Feng Youlan (1895).