WRITER

Luo Guanzhong

1330 - 1400

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Luo Ben (c. 1330–1400, or c.1280–1360), better known by his courtesy name Guanzhong (Mandarin pronunciation: [lwo kwanʈʂʊŋ]), was a Chinese writer who lived during the Ming dynasty. He is also known by his pseudonym Huhai Sanren (Chinese: 湖海散人; pinyin: Húhǎi Sǎnrén; lit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luo Guanzhong has received more than 282,209 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Luo Guanzhong is the 484th most popular writer (up from 547th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from China (up from 143rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Chinese Writer.

Luo Guanzhong is most famous for writing the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Outlaws of the Marsh
19934 / 5
Three Kingdoms
China's greatest classical novel compiled in the Ming Dynasty.
1994
San guo yen yi jing xuan tu hua gu shi =
1989
The Romance of Three Kingdoms, Vol. 2
Fiction
Containing the first 60 chapters of this epic Chinese work, ably translated by Brewitt-Taylor. Romance of Three Kingdoms, dating to the 14th Century, is the legendary epic of the fall of Han and the founding of Jin. Dealing with plots, complex men, wars, intrigues, marriages and assassinations, this book, one of the four great Chinese classics, is foundational literature on a par with The Illiad or The Lay of the Cid.
20053 / 5

Page views of Luo Guanzhongs by language

Over the past year Luo Guanzhong has had the most page views in the with 44,680 views, followed by English (31,266), and Vietnamese (27,247). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (218.52%), Korean (102.98%), and Min Nan (77.17%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Luo Guanzhong ranks 484 out of 7,302. Before him are Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Martial, W. B. Yeats, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Maria Leopoldina of Austria, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. After him are Edward Said, Vuk Karadžić, Charles, Duke of Orléans, Wu Cheng'en, Giorgos Seferis, and Ilya Ehrenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1330, Luo Guanzhong ranks 3. Before him are Nicolas Flamel, and Edward the Black Prince. After him are Gongmin of Goryeo, Peter Parler, Louis II, Count of Flanders, Robert III of Scotland, William I, Duke of Bavaria, Altichiero, Lala Şahin Pasha, Francesc Eiximenis, and Radu I of Wallachia. Among people deceased in 1400, Luo Guanzhong ranks 3. Before him are Richard II of England, and Geoffrey Chaucer. After him are Nilüfer Hatun, Rustichello da Pisa, Masamune, Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa, Baldus de Ubaldis, Dragoș, Voivode of Moldavia, Peter of Dusburg, Antonio Venier, and André Beauneveu.

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In China

Among people born in China, Luo Guanzhong ranks 114 out of 1,610. Before him are Lin Biao (1907), Soong Mei-ling (1897), Temür Khan (1265), Zhao Yun (168), Hu Yaobang (1915), and I. M. Pei (1917). After him are Li Keqiang (1955), Wu Cheng'en (1500), Empress Lü (-241), Li Zicheng (1606), Zhao Ziyang (1919), and Bao Zheng (999).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Luo Guanzhong ranks 6. Before him are Li Bai (701), Du Fu (712), Lu Xun (1881), Gao Xingjian (1940), and Qu Yuan (-343). After him are Wu Cheng'en (1500), Kumārajīva (343), Bai Juyi (772), Mo Yan (1955), Faxian (340), and Su Shi (1037).

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