372 BC - 289 BC
Mencius (Chinese: 孟子); born Mèng Kē (Chinese: 孟軻); ( MEN-shee-əs) or Mengzi (372–289 BC or 385–303 or 302 BC) was a Chinese Confucian philosopher who has often been described as the "second Sage", that is, after only Confucius himself. He is part of Confucius' fourth generation of disciples. Mencius inherited Confucius' ideology and developed it further. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mencius has received more than 774,882 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Mencius is the 84th most popular philosopher (up from 85th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from China (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Chinese Philosopher.
Mencius is most famous for his philosophy of human nature. He believed that humans are inherently good and that the mind is a blank slate.
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Among philosophers, Mencius ranks 84 out of 1,089. Before him are Zeno of Citium, Xenophanes, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Nicholas of Cusa, Boethius, and Walter Benjamin. After him are Carl von Clausewitz, Jean Bodin, Tertullian, Johann Gottfried Herder, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, and Friedrich Fröbel.
334 BC - 263 BC
HPI: 81.53
Rank: 78
570 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 81.49
Rank: 79
1463 - 1494
HPI: 81.48
Rank: 80
1401 - 1464
HPI: 81.46
Rank: 81
480 - 525
HPI: 81.24
Rank: 82
1892 - 1940
HPI: 80.97
Rank: 83
372 BC - 289 BC
HPI: 80.97
Rank: 84
1780 - 1831
HPI: 80.92
Rank: 85
1530 - 1596
HPI: 80.87
Rank: 86
155 - 220
HPI: 80.69
Rank: 87
1744 - 1803
HPI: 80.66
Rank: 88
1809 - 1865
HPI: 80.58
Rank: 89
1782 - 1852
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 90
Among people born in 372 BC, Mencius ranks 1. After him is Alexis. Among people deceased in 289 BC, Mencius ranks 1. After him is Agathocles of Syracuse.
Among people born in China, Mencius ranks 23 out of 1,186. Before him are Ip Man (1893), Wu Zetian (624), Xi Jinping (1953), Hu Jintao (1942), Kangxi Emperor (1654), and Qianlong Emperor (1711). After him are Xuanzang (602), Cai Lun (48), Zhuge Liang (181), Liu Bei (161), Guan Yu (162), and Du Fu (712).
1893 - 1972
HPI: 82.24
Rank: 17
624 - 705
HPI: 81.81
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1953 - Present
HPI: 81.64
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1942 - Present
HPI: 81.41
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1654 - 1722
HPI: 81.25
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1711 - 1799
HPI: 81.22
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372 BC - 289 BC
HPI: 80.97
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602 - 664
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48 - 121
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181 - 234
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161 - 223
HPI: 80.74
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162 - 220
HPI: 80.69
Rank: 28
712 - 770
HPI: 80.25
Rank: 29
Among philosophers born in China, Mencius ranks 4. Before him are Confucius (-551), Laozi (-604), and Sun Tzu (-543). After him are Zhuang Zhou (-369), Zhu Xi (1130), Mozi (-470), Padmasambhava (717), Han Fei (-280), Xun Kuang (-313), Milarepa (1052), and Shen Kuo (1031).
551 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 93.64
Rank: 1
604 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 86.03
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543 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 85.45
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372 BC - 289 BC
HPI: 80.97
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369 BC - 286 BC
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1130 - 1200
HPI: 79.19
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470 BC - 391 BC
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717 - 762
HPI: 76.80
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280 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 76.35
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313 BC - 238 BC
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 10
1052 - 1135
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 11
1031 - 1095
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 12