PHILOSOPHER

Shen Buhai

385 BC - 337 BC

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Shen Buhai (Chinese: 申不害; c. 400 BC – c. 337 BC) was a Chinese statesman, reformer and diplomat. The Shiji records that he served as Chancellor of the Han state under Marquis Zhao of Han for fifteen years, from 351 or 354 BC to his natural death in office in around 337 BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shen Buhai has received more than 129,541 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Shen Buhai is the 523rd most popular philosopher (up from 609th in 2019), the 402nd most popular biography from China (up from 485th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Chinese Philosopher.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Shen Buhai ranks 523 out of 1,267. Before him are A. J. Ayer, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Louis Couturat, William of Champeaux, Eduard Spranger, and Émile Chartier. After him are Henry Corbin, Hans Blumenberg, Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Metrodorus of Lampsacus, Georg Henrik von Wright, and Abraham Isaac Kook.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 385 BC, Shen Buhai ranks 2. Before him is Heraclides Ponticus. After him is Mazaeus. Among people deceased in 337 BC, Shen Buhai ranks 2. Before him is Timoleon. After him is Ariobarzanes II of Cius.

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In China

Among people born in China, Shen Buhai ranks 402 out of 1,610. Before him are Hou Hsiao-hsien (1947), Kong Rong (153), Deng Ai (197), Mi Fu (1051), Liu Zhang (200), and Pan Geng (-1500). After him are Emperor Muzong of Tang (795), Emperor Shang of Tang (695), Li Shizhen (1517), Dian Wei (150), Sima Xiangru (-179), and Emperor Shang of Han (105).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In China

Among philosophers born in China, Shen Buhai ranks 22. Before him are Dong Zhongshu (-179), Ge Hong (284), Huiyuan (334), Zhiyi (538), Zhang Daoling (34), and Linji Yixuan (850). After him are Zhou Dunyi (1017), Liu Bowen (1311), Hu Shih (1891), Marpa Lotsawa (1012), Yang Xiong (-53), and Cheng Yi (1033).

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