PHILOSOPHER

Mozi

470 BC - 391 BC

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Mozi (; Chinese: 墨子; pinyin: Mòzǐ; Wade–Giles: Mo Tzu ; original name Mo Di (墨翟); Latinized as Micius; ; c. 470 – c. 391 BCE) was a Chinese philosopher, logician and essayist who founded the school of Mohism during the Hundred Schools of Thought period (the early portion of the Warring States period, c. 475–221 BCE). The ancient text Mozi contains material ascribed to him and his followers. Born in what is now Tengzhou, Shandong Province, Mozi founded the school of Mohism, which argued strongly against both Confucianism and Daoism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mozi has received more than 909,551 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 54 in 2019). Mozi is the 121st most popular philosopher (up from 126th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from China (down from 43rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Chinese Philosopher.

Mozi is most famous for his belief that all things are made of five elements: earth, water, fire, wood, and metal.

Memorability Metrics

  • 910k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mozis by language

Over the past year Mozi has had the most page views in the with 123,105 views, followed by Chinese (83,396), and Japanese (45,800). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Classical Chinese (76.87%), Lithuanian (47.14%), and Uzbek (45.52%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Mozi ranks 121 out of 1,267. Before him are Henri de Saint-Simon, Pyrrho, Johann Friedrich Herbart, Simone Weil, Chanakya, and Tommaso Campanella. After him are Charles Fourier, John Venn, Ramon Llull, Bonaventure, Philo, and Joseph Priestley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 470 BC, Mozi ranks 3. Before him are Socrates, and Aspasia. After him are Philolaus, Melissus of Samos, Callicrates, Hippocrates of Chios, Achilles Painter, and Teres I. Among people deceased in 391 BC, Mozi ranks 1. After him are Andocides, and Psammuthes.

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    Mozi

    PHILOSOPHER

    470 BC - 391 BC

    HPI: 72.32

    Rank: 1

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    Andocides

    POLITICIAN

    440 BC - 391 BC

    HPI: 60.84

    Rank: 2

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    Psammuthes

    POLITICIAN

    500 BC - 391 BC

    HPI: 59.27

    Rank: 3

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In China

Among people born in China, Mozi ranks 48 out of 1,610. Before him are Emperor Wu of Han (-156), Emperor Gaozu of Han (-256), Toshiro Mifune (1920), Hong Taiji (1592), Yongzheng Emperor (1678), and Yuan Shikai (1859). After him are Shunzhi Emperor (1638), Wang Mang (-45), Sun Quan (182), Cao Pi (187), Jet Li (1963), and Emperor Gaozu of Tang (566).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In China

Among philosophers born in China, Mozi ranks 7. Before him are Confucius (-551), Sun Tzu (-544), Laozi (-604), Mencius (-372), Zhuang Zhou (-369), and Zhu Xi (1130). After him are Han Fei (-280), Xun Kuang (-313), Milarepa (1052), Shen Kuo (1031), Wang Yangming (1472), and Guan Zhong (-720).

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