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Lu You

1125 - 1210

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Lu You (traditional Chinese: 陸游; simplified Chinese: 陆游; 1125–1210) was a Chinese historian and poet of the Southern Song Dynasty (南宋). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lu You has received more than 101,340 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Lu You is the 1,464th most popular writer (up from 1,647th in 2019), the 430th most popular biography from China (up from 472nd in 2019) and the 36th most popular Chinese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Ru Shu ji
Anecdotes, Description and travel, History
1776
Lu You shi xuan
1963
Qing si man jiang shan, tian di ru chen yin
Chinese literature, History and criticism, Travel in literature
2008
Huaihaijushi chang duan ju
1957
Lao xue an bi ji
1877
Lu Fangweng zhuan ji
1959

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lu You ranks 1,464 out of 7,302. Before him are Phrynichus, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Winifred Wagner, Marie Anne Lenormand, Tristan Corbière, and Jacques Cazotte. After him are Vicki Baum, James Oliver Curwood, Christian Friedrich Hebbel, Colin Dexter, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, and Elizabeth Siddal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1125, Lu You ranks 5. Before him are Jayavarman VII, Sweyn III of Denmark, Jaufre Rudel, and Herrad of Landsberg. After him are Otto II, Margrave of Meissen, Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal, Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani, Petronilla of Aquitaine, Michael Glykas, Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen, and Conrad of Wittelsbach. Among people deceased in 1210, Lu You ranks 6. Before him are Geoffrey of Villehardouin, Qutb al-Din Aibak, Arnaut Daniel, Sverker II of Sweden, and Hartmann von Aue. After him are Walter Map, and Philippa of Armenia.

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In China

Among people born in China, Lu You ranks 430 out of 1,610. Before him are Qiu Chuji (1148), Liu Xiang (-77), Li Qingzhao (1084), Emperor Wen of Liu Song (407), Ma Yuan (1160), and Wei Zheng (580). After him are Helü of Wu (-550), Yan Xishan (1883), Dazu Huike (487), Soong Ai-ling (1888), Yuen Biao (1957), and Huo Guang (-150).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Lu You ranks 36. Before him are Sima Xiangru (-179), Liang Qichao (1873), Qiu Jin (1875), Du Mu (803), Qiu Chuji (1148), and Li Qingzhao (1084). After him are J. G. Ballard (1930), Wen Tianxiang (1236), Liu Cixin (1963), Eileen Chang (1920), Li He (790), and Liu Zongyuan (773).

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