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Meng Haoran

690 - 740

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Meng Haoran (Chinese: 孟浩然; Wade–Giles: Meng Hao-jan; 689/691–740) was a Chinese poet and a major literary figure of the Tang dynasty. He was somewhat an older contemporary of Wang Wei, Li Bai and Du Fu. Despite his brief pursuit of an official career, Meng Haoran spent most of his life in and around his hometown Xiangyang of the Hubei Province living like a hermit, while creating poems inspired by its landscapes and milieu. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Meng Haoran has received more than 87,076 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Meng Haoran is the 1,117th most popular writer (up from 1,192nd in 2019), the 306th most popular biography from China (up from 323rd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Chinese Writer.

Meng Hao-Ran was a Chinese writer and scholar who advocated for the use of vernacular language as opposed to classical Chinese.

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  • 24

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  • 2.54

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Meng Haoran ranks 1,117 out of 5,755. Before him are B. H. Liddell Hart, Ephraim Kishon, Michael Connelly, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Lin Yutang, and Rudolf von Sebottendorf. After him are Joan Fuster, Gaius Asinius Pollio, Assia Djebar, Hrotsvitha, Lobsang Rampa, and Ken Kesey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 690, Meng Haoran ranks 1. After him are Liutprand, King of the Lombards, Rotrude of Hesbaye, and Hugbert of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 740, Meng Haoran ranks 3. Before him are Zayd ibn Ali and Andrew of Crete. After him are Wu Daozi and Æthelheard of Wessex.

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In China

Among people born in China, Meng Haoran ranks 306 out of 1,392. Before him are Marquis of Haihun (-92), Lao She (1899), Emperor Lizong (1205), Emperor Xiaozong of Song (1127), Dian Wei (150), and Lin Yutang (1895). After him are Princess Taiping (665), Dong Biwu (1886), He Jin (135), Ouyang Xiu (1007), Chen Shou (233), and Emperor Shunzong of Tang (761).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Meng Haoran ranks 22. Before him are Ban Gu (32), Cao Xueqin (1724), Tao Yuanming (365), Cai Yan (177), Lao She (1899), and Lin Yutang (1895). After him are Ouyang Xiu (1007), Pu Songling (1640), Shi Nai'an (1296), Lu Yu (733), Liang Qichao (1873), and Qiu Jin (1875).

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