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WRITER

Song Yingxing

1587 - 1666

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Song Yingxing (Traditional Chinese: 宋應星; Simplified Chinese: 宋应星; Wade Giles: Sung Ying-Hsing; 1587-1666 AD) was a Chinese scientist and encyclopedist who lived during the late Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Song Yingxing has received more than 73,161 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Song Yingxing is the 3,232nd most popular writer (down from 2,864th in 2019), the 709th most popular biography from China (down from 624th in 2019) and the 75th most popular Chinese Writer.

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  • 73k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Song Yingxing ranks 3,232 out of 5,755Before him are Naomi Klein, Leonardo Padura Fuentes, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Coelius Sedulius, R. K. Narayan, and Thomas Corneille. After him are Buhturi, Philippa Gregory, Dmitry Likhachov, Willa Cather, Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos, and Bing Xin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1587, Song Yingxing ranks 13Before him are Stefano Landi, Virginia Centurione Bracelli, Esaias van de Velde, Magdalene of Bavaria, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Johannes Fabricius. After him are Claes Jansz. Visscher, Yun Seondo, and Virginia Dare. Among people deceased in 1666, Song Yingxing ranks 13Before him are Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Luisa de Guzmán, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma, and Albert Eckhout. After him is Gysbert Japiks.

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In China

Among people born in China, Song Yingxing ranks 709 out of 1,392Before him are Nicholas Poppe (1897), Lang Lang (1982), Zhang Dejiang (1946), Faye Wong (1969), Li Yuanchao (1950), and Saifuddin Azizi (1915). After him are Bing Xin (1900), Huang Zongxi (1610), Ng Man-tat (1952), Sakya Pandita (1182), Toshiko Akiyoshi (1929), and Meng Hongwei (1953).

Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Song Yingxing ranks 75Before him are Wang Bo (650), Longchenpa (1308), Yang Jiang (1911), Gu Yanwu (1613), Qian Zhongshu (1910), and Guan Daosheng (1262). After him are Bing Xin (1900), Sakya Pandita (1182), Cui Hao (704), Sima Tan (-165), Shen Congwen (1902), and Wang Changling (698).