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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 98,586 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sengcan is the 1,434th most popular religious figure, the 560th most popular biography from China and the 8th most popular Chinese Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 99k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Sengcan ranks 1,434 out of 2,238. Before him are Dunstan, Luigi Orione, Aulus Licinius Archias, Claudio Acquaviva, Polyeuctus, and Wolfgang of Regensburg. After him are Gabriel Urgebadze, Fernando Filoni, Raimon Panikkar, Pelagius of Córdoba, Caesarius of Africa, and Sajah.

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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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In China

Among people born in China, Sengcan ranks 560 out of 1,392. Before him are He Yingqin (1890), Ban Biao (3), Wu Daozi (680), Yin Lihua (5), Li He (790), and Chen Gongbo (1892). After him are Ho Feng-Shan (1901), Li Zhanshu (1950), Konstantin Rodzaevsky (1907), Dong Yuan (932), Xia Gui (1195), and Rabban Bar Sauma (1220).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In China

Among religious figures born in China, Sengcan ranks 8. Before him are 13th Dalai Lama (1876), Huineng (638), Je Tsongkhapa (1357), Bao Xishun (1951), 11th Dalai Lama (1838), and Shaohao (null). After him are Rabban Bar Sauma (1220), Joseph Zen (1932), Jianzhen (688), Mang of Xia (null), Gan Ji (101), and Yijing (635).

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