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Sima Guang

1019 - 1086

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Sima Guang (17 November 1019 – 11 October 1086), courtesy name Junshi, was a Chinese historian, politician, and writer. He was a high-ranking Song dynasty scholar-official who authored the Zizhi Tongjian, a monumental work of history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sima Guang has received more than 181,104 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Sima Guang is the 3,759th most popular politician (down from 3,491st in 2019), the 282nd most popular biography from China (down from 274th in 2019) and the 178th most popular Chinese Politician.

Sima Guang was the author of the Zizhi Tongjian, a monumental work of history that covers the period from 403 to 959 CE. The Zizhi Tongjian is the most important source for the history of China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

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  • 60.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sima Guang ranks 3,759 out of 15,577. Before him are Jean Bart, Guy, Count of Flanders, Chen Duxiu, Francis V, Duke of Modena, Aaron Burr, and Ivan Sirko. After him are Al-Ashraf Khalil, Prince Valdemar of Denmark, Tissaphernes, Thamphthis, Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony, and Yitzhak Navon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1019, Sima Guang ranks 1. After him are Munjong of Goryeo, Theobald III, Count of Blois, and Zeng Gong. Among people deceased in 1086, Sima Guang ranks 4. Before him are Canute IV of Denmark, Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, and Wang Anshi. After him are William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine, Judith of Bohemia, Yaropolk Izyaslavich, Gregory Pakourianos, Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg, and Richilde, Countess of Hainaut.

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In China

Among people born in China, Sima Guang ranks 282 out of 1,392. Before him are Empress Dowager Ci'an (1837), Ma Teng (156), Jacques Mayol (1927), Yoshiko Kawashima (1907), Linji Yixuan (850), and Chen Duxiu (1879). After him are Ban Zhao (45), Emperor Zhang of Han (57), Meng Huo (101), Ei-ichi Negishi (1935), Zu Chongzhi (429), and Ai Weiwei (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Sima Guang ranks 178. Before him are Sima Shi (208), Emperor Wuzong of Tang (814), Emperor Gong of Song (1271), Empress Dowager Ci'an (1837), Ma Teng (156), and Chen Duxiu (1879). After him are Emperor Zhang of Han (57), Xun Yu (163), Zhu Rongji (1928), Li Yuanhong (1864), Xi Zhongxun (1913), and Jangsu of Goguryeo (394).

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