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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 92,620 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Tan Sitong is the 824th most popular philosopher (up from 870th in 2019), the 637th most popular biography from China (down from 630th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Chinese Philosopher.

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  • 23

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Tan Sitong ranks 824 out of 1,081Before him are Kazimierz Twardowski, John Italus, Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Debendranath Tagore, Calcidius, and André Glucksmann. After him are Christian von Ehrenfels, Ervin László, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, Ferenc Dávid, Gregory of Tatev, and Apollodorus the Epicurean.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Tan Sitong ranks 83Before him are Johannes Franz Hartmann, Olga Boznańska, Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia, Pēteris Stučka, Eduardo di Capua, and Aspazija. After him are Afonso, Duke of Porto, Karl Blossfeldt, Louis Zutter, Maciej Sulkiewicz, Heinrich Rubens, and Isaac Israëls. Among people deceased in 1898, Tan Sitong ranks 39Before him are Georg Ebers, George Müller, Carl Zeller, Antoine François Marmontel, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, and Nikolai Yaroshenko. After him are Edward Bellamy, Count Gustav Kálnoky, Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, Princess Catherine of Württemberg, Mikhail Chernyayev, and Théodore Gouvy.

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In China

Among people born in China, Tan Sitong ranks 637 out of 1,392Before him are Ngawang Namgyal (1594), He Long (1896), Hai Rui (1514), Jiong of Xia (null), Zeng Qinghong (1939), and Zhou Daguan (1266). After him are Jin of Xia (null), Fou Ts'ong (1934), Leizu (null), Shannon Lucid (1943), Qin Jiushao (1201), and Xu Beihong (1895).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In China

Among philosophers born in China, Tan Sitong ranks 34Before him are Wang Bi (226), Yang Xiong (-53), Li Zhi (1527), Zhang Zai (1020), Cheng Hao (1032), and Tao Hongjing (456). After him are Wang Fuzhi (1619), Liu Yuxi (772), Feng Youlan (1895), Huang Zongxi (1610), Wei Yuan (1794), and Zhang Binglin (1868).