PHILOSOPHER

Mencius

372 BC - 289 BC

Mencius

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's fourth generation of disciples. Mencius inherited Confucius's thinking and developed it further. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mencius has received more than 719,620 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia making him the 88th most popular philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 68

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Mencius ranks 86 out of 1,005. Before him are Epictetus, Gregory of Nazianzus, Zeno of Citium, Xenophanes, Boethius, and Tertullian. After him are Jean Bodin, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, John of Damascus, Friedrich Fröbel, Carl von Clausewitz, and Isidore of Seville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 372 BC, Mencius ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 289 BC, Mencius ranks 1. After him is Agathocles of Syracuse.

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  • Mencius

    372 BC - 289 BC

    HPI: 74.39

    Rank: 1

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In China

Among people born in China, Mencius ranks 22 out of 921. Before him are Empress Dowager Cixi (1835), Puyi (1906), Liu Bei (161), Zhuge Liang (181), Guan Yu (162), and Xuanzang (602). After him are Xi Jinping (1953), Wu Zetian (624), Ip Man (1893), Du Fu (712), Kangxi Emperor (1654), and Hu Jintao (1942).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In China

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), Bodhidharma (483), Mozi (-470), Han Fei (-280), Padmasambhava (717), Xun Kuang (-313), and Milarepa (1052).

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