PHILOSOPHER

Liang Shuming

1893 - 1988

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Liang Shuming (Chinese: 梁漱溟; pinyin: Liáng Shùmíng, Wade-Giles Liang Shu-ming; sometimes Liang Sou-ming, October 18, 1893 – June 23, 1988), born Liang Huanding (梁焕鼎), courtesy name Shouming (壽銘), was a Chinese philosopher, politician, and writer in the Rural Reconstruction Movement during the late Qing dynasty and early Republican eras of Chinese history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Liang Shuming has received more than 84,858 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Liang Shuming is the 1,139th most popular philosopher (down from 1,041st in 2019), the 906th most popular biography from China (down from 812th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Chinese Philosopher.

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  • 54.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Liang Shuming ranks 1,139 out of 1,267. Before him are Albert Razin, Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Friedrich Gogarten, Polemon of Athens, Thomas van Erpe, and Ada Adler. After him are Marshall Berman, Allan Bloom, Charondas, Barbara Cassin, István Mészáros, and W. D. Ross.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Liang Shuming ranks 211. Before him are Frans Blom, Chang Taek-sang, Gummo Marx, Ina Claire, Nurul Amin, and Oscar Torp. After him are Alexander Ostrowski, Arthur Benjamin, Wallace Fard Muhammad, Fernando Altimani, Platon Oyunsky, and Christopher Kelk Ingold. Among people deceased in 1988, Liang Shuming ranks 179. Before him are Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson, Kwon Ki-ok, William McMahon, Memphis Slim, Solomon, and Alan Paton. After him are Mildred Gillars, Victorio Unamuno, Marta Abba, Alfred Kelbassa, Jan Brzák-Felix, and Bibi Torriani.

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In China

Among people born in China, Liang Shuming ranks 906 out of 1,610. Before him are Zhu Ziqing (1898), Bai Yang (1920), Coco Lee (1975), Keye Luke (1904), Wu Wenjun (1919), and Chang Wanquan (1949). After him are Xiao Zhan (1991), John Hersey (1914), Yan Huiqing (1877), Li Xi (1956), Wang Meng (1934), and Tian Zhuangzhuang (1952).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In China

Among philosophers born in China, Liang Shuming ranks 44. Before him are Feng Youlan (1895), Huang Zongxi (1610), Wei Yuan (1794), Zhang Binglin (1868), Derek Parfit (1942), and P. C. Chang (1892).

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