WRITER

Liu Zongyuan

773 - 819

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Liu Zongyuan (Chinese: 柳宗元; pinyin: Liǔ Zōngyuán; 773 – 28 November 819) was a Chinese philosopher, poet, and politician who lived during the Tang dynasty. Liu was born in present-day Yongji, Shanxi. Along with Han Yu, he was a founder of the Classical Prose Movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Liu Zongyuan has received more than 74,274 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Liu Zongyuan is the 1,653rd most popular writer (down from 1,557th in 2019), the 490th most popular biography from China (down from 455th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Chinese Writer.

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  • 74k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Liu Zongyuan ranks 1,653 out of 7,302. Before him are A. S. Byatt, Maria Valtorta, Theodore Sturgeon, Baba Tahir, Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, and Li He. After him are Christy Brown, Meleager of Gadara, Alma Karlin, Ba Jin, Anagarika Dharmapala, and Algernon Charles Swinburne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 773, Liu Zongyuan ranks 2. Before him is Emperor Heizei.  Among people deceased in 819, Liu Zongyuan ranks 1. After him are Hisham ibn al-Kalbi, and Cadolah of Friuli.

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In China

Among people born in China, Liu Zongyuan ranks 490 out of 1,610. Before him are Yen Chia-kan (1905), Langdarma (803), Ni Zan (1301), Tang Yin (1470), Li He (790), and He Zizhen (1910). After him are Marpa Lotsawa (1012), Ba Jin (1904), 7th Dalai Lama (1708), Peng Liyuan (1962), Gampopa (1079), and Drogön Chögyal Phagpa (1235).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Liu Zongyuan ranks 42. Before him are Lu You (1125), J. G. Ballard (1930), Wen Tianxiang (1236), Liu Cixin (1963), Eileen Chang (1920), and Li He (790). After him are Ba Jin (1904), Gampopa (1079), Shen Yue (441), Mao Dun (1896), Li Yu (1610), and Xu Shen (58).

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