RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Sengcan

529 - 606

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Jianzhi Sengcan (Chinese: 鑑智僧璨; Pīnyīn: Jiànzhì Sēngcàn; Wade–Giles: Chien-chih Seng-ts'an; Rōmaji: Kanchi Sōsan) is known as the Third Chinese Patriarch of Chán after Bodhidharma and thirtieth Patriarch after Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha. He is considered to be the Dharma successor of the second Chinese Patriarch, Dazu Huike (Chinese: 大祖慧可; Pīnyīn: Dàzǔ Huìkě; Wade–Giles: Ta-tsu Hui-k’o; Rōmaji: Taiso Eka). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sengcan has received more than 105,480 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sengcan is the 1,552nd most popular religious figure (down from 1,422nd in 2019), the 616th most popular biography from China (down from 559th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Chinese Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Sengcan ranks 1,552 out of 3,187. Before him are Nusaybah bint Ka'ab, Hilarion of Kiev, Agobard, Leodegar, Emil Brunner, and Umayya ibn Khalaf. After him are Dymphna, Onufriy, John Albert Vasa, Eugène de Mazenod, Leo Joseph Suenens, and Eucherius of Lyon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 529, Sengcan ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 606, Sengcan ranks 2. Before him is Pope Sabinian. After him is Pybba of Mercia.

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    Sengcan

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    529 - 606

    HPI: 55.14

    Rank: 1

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In China

Among people born in China, Sengcan ranks 616 out of 1,610. Before him are Kenneth Tsang (1935), Cao Yu (1910), Ding Ling (1904), Liu Bocheng (1892), Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (1910), and Ma Bufang (1903). After him are Roy Chiao (1927), Xue Tao (768), Pan Yuliang (1895), Liu Yongfu (1837), Liu Penzi (11), and Pei Songzhi (372).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In China

Among religious figures born in China, Sengcan ranks 11. Before him are 11th Dalai Lama (1838), Bao Xishun (1951), Dazu Huike (487), Joseph Zen (1932), Shaohao (null), and Jianzhen (688). After him are Gan Ji (101), Mang of Xia (null), Yijing (635), Rabban Bar Sauma (1220), Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei (1901), and Witness Lee (1905).

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