PHILOSOPHER

Tan Sitong

1865 - 1898

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Tan Sitong (simplified Chinese: 谭嗣同; traditional Chinese: 譚嗣同; pinyin: Tán Sìtóng; Wade–Giles: T'an2 Ssu4-T'ung2, March 10, 1865 – September 28, 1898), courtesy name Fusheng (復生), pseudonym Zhuangfei (壯飛), was a well-known Chinese politician, thinker, and reformist in the late Qing dynasty (1644–1911). He was executed at the age of 33 when the Hundred Days' Reform failed in 1898. Tan Sitong was one of the six gentlemen of the Hundred Days' Reform, and occupies an important place in modern Chinese history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tan Sitong has received more than 100,654 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Tan Sitong is the 851st most popular philosopher (down from 824th in 2019), the 679th most popular biography from China (down from 636th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Chinese Philosopher.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Tan Sitong ranks 851 out of 1,267. Before him are Lucian Blaga, Valentin Weigel, Franciscus Gomarus, Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Michel Marcel Navratil, and Michel Henry. After him are Maximus of Ephesus, Gaudapada, Michael Dummett, Jean Guitton, Józef Maria Bocheński, and Musaeus of Athens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Tan Sitong ranks 92. Before him are Louis Zutter, Max Fabiani, Emma Orczy, Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia, Afonso, Duke of Porto, and Princess Olga Paley. After him are Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Maciej Sulkiewicz, Epitácio Pessoa, Bernard Berenson, Aaron Kosminski, and Henri Lebasque. Among people deceased in 1898, Tan Sitong ranks 39. Before him are Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Archduke Leopold Ludwig of Austria, Pavel Tretyakov, Carl Zeller, Antoine François Marmontel, and Count Gustav Kálnoky. After him are Nikolai Yaroshenko, Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, Princess Catherine of Württemberg, Edward Bellamy, Adolfo Farsari, and Nakahama Manjirō.

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In China

Among people born in China, Tan Sitong ranks 679 out of 1,610. Before him are Shi Jingtang (892), Yijing (635), Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa (1924), Lee Hoi-chuen (1901), Wu Zhen (1280), and Yi-Fu Tuan (1930). After him are Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei (510), Rabban Bar Sauma (1220), Zeng Qinghong (1939), Hai Rui (1514), Lau Kar-leung (1934), and Zhang Guotao (1897).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In China

Among philosophers born in China, Tan Sitong ranks 36. Before him are Zhang Zai (1020), Lie Yukou (-449), Li Zhi (1527), Wang Fuzhi (1619), Liu Yuxi (772), and Cheng Hao (1032). After him are Tao Hongjing (456), Feng Youlan (1895), Huang Zongxi (1610), Wei Yuan (1794), Zhang Binglin (1868), and Derek Parfit (1942).

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