WRITER

Su Shi

1037 - 1101

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Su Shi (simplified Chinese: 苏轼; traditional Chinese: 蘇軾; pinyin: Sū Shì; 8 January 1037 – 24 August 1101), courtesy name Zizhan (子瞻), art name Dongpo (東坡), was a Chinese poet, essayist, stateman, calligrapher, painter, gastronome, and travel writer who lived during the Song dynasty. A major personality of the Song era, Su was an important figure in Song Dynasty politics, he had a lengthy career in bureaucracy, taking various provincial posts and briefly serving as a senior official at the imperial court. Despite his high hopes to serve the country, Su's political career was filled with frustrations due to his out-spoken criticism, and he often fell victim to political rivalries between the radical and the conservative forces. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Su Shi has received more than 605,271 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Su Shi is the 586th most popular writer (up from 742nd in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from China (up from 198th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Chinese Writer.

Su Shi is famous for his poetry and calligraphy.

Memorability Metrics

  • 610k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Bei Song Su Shi ji Huang Jidao wen
1965
Su Dong-po
1982
Su Dongpo quan ji
1983
Dongpo yue fu
1922
Bei Song Su Shi da Xie Minshi lun wen tie
1965
Su Dongpo shu fa jing xuan
1993

Page views of Su Shis by language

Over the past year Su Shi has had the most page views in the with 269,863 views, followed by English (80,371), and Japanese (44,538). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Portuguese (439.47%), Zhuang (436.97%), and Finnish (255.16%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Su Shi ranks 586 out of 7,302. Before him are Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Osip Mandelstam, Enid Blyton, Abai Qunanbaiuly, Samuel Butler, and Allen Ginsberg. After him are Wang Wei, Vasubandhu, Bruno Schulz, D. H. Lawrence, Alain Robbe-Grillet, and Ellen G. White.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1037, Su Shi ranks 1. After him is Hawise, Duchess of Brittany. Among people deceased in 1101, Su Shi ranks 4. Before him are Mahmud al-Kashgari, Roger I of Sicily, and Bruno of Cologne. After him are John Skylitzes, Hugh, Count of Vermandois, Conrad II of Italy, Akka Mahadevi, Emperor Daozong of Liao, Su Song, Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, and Vseslav of Polotsk.

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In China

Among people born in China, Su Shi ranks 160 out of 1,610. Before him are Emperor Wen of Han (-202), Khorloogiin Choibalsan (1895), Huineng (638), Shen Kuo (1031), Yang Chen-Ning (1922), and Liu Shan (207). After him are Wang Wei (699), Sun Bin (-401), Tsung-Dao Lee (1926), Wu Sangui (1612), Tianqi Emperor (1605), and Emperor Taizong of Song (939).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Su Shi ranks 12. Before him are Luo Guanzhong (1330), Wu Cheng'en (1500), Kumārajīva (343), Bai Juyi (772), Mo Yan (1955), and Faxian (340). After him are Wang Wei (699), Kang Youwei (1858), Cao Xueqin (1724), Tao Yuanming (365), Jin Yong (1924), and Ban Gu (32).

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