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Song Yu

298 BC - 222 BC

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Song Yu (Chinese: 宋玉; Wade–Giles: Sung Yü; fl. 298–263 BC) was a Chinese poet from the late Warring States period, and is known as the traditional author of a number of poems in the Verses of Chu (Chu ci 楚辭). Among the Verses of Chu poems usually attributed to Song Yu are those in the Jiu Bian section. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Song Yu has received more than 65,867 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Song Yu is the 2,936th most popular writer (up from 3,422nd in 2019), the 717th most popular biography from China (up from 736th in 2019) and the 75th most popular Chinese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 66k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Song Yu ranks 2,936 out of 7,302. Before him are Ricarda Huch, Guan Daosheng, Leonardo Padura Fuentes, Ales Adamovich, Thomas Corneille, and Branislaw Tarashkyevich. After him are Edmond Privat, Sven Aggesen, Han Suyin, Howard Fast, Suzanne Curchod, and Leandro Fernández de Moratín.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 298 BC, Song Yu ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 222 BC, Song Yu ranks 3. Before him are Ptolemy III Euergetes, and Eucleidas.

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    Song Yu

    WRITER

    298 BC - 222 BC

    HPI: 59.57

    Rank: 1

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In China

Among people born in China, Song Yu ranks 717 out of 1,610. Before him are Wang Meng (1308), Cheung Po Tsai (1783), Chen Boda (1904), Deng Sui (81), Ng Man-tat (1952), and Guan Daosheng (1262). After him are Yang Hui (1238), Han Suyin (1917), David Chiang (1947), Huang Gongwang (1269), François Cheng (1929), and Feng Youlan (1895).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Song Yu ranks 75. Before him are Lu Ji (261), Sogyal Rinpoche (1947), Tang Xianzu (1550), Song Yingxing (1587), Gu Yanwu (1613), and Guan Daosheng (1262). After him are Han Suyin (1917), François Cheng (1929), Wang Bo (650), Qian Zhongshu (1910), Luo Yixiu (1889), and Sakya Pandita (1182).

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