WRITER

Tang Xianzu

1550 - 1616

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Tang Xianzu (traditional Chinese: 湯顯祖; simplified Chinese: 汤显祖; September 24, 1550 – July 29, 1616), courtesy name Yireng (義仍), was a Chinese playwright of the Ming Dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tang Xianzu has received more than 78,808 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Tang Xianzu is the 2,773rd most popular writer (down from 2,726th in 2019), the 695th most popular biography from China (down from 651st in 2019) and the 70th most popular Chinese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 79k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Yu ming tang huan hun ji
1781
The Peony Pavilion
Drama texts, plays, Literary Collections, Plays / Drama
2002
Mu dan ting
Chinese drama
1924
A Dream Under the Southern Bough
2003
You ju fei lu (Song Ming Qing xiao pin wen ji ji zhu)
Correspondence, Letter-writing, Chinese, Chinese letters
1996

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tang Xianzu ranks 2,773 out of 7,302. Before him are Rosario Castellanos, Abolqasem Lahouti, Johannes Mario Simmel, Fumiko Enchi, Robert Holdstock, and U. R. Ananthamurthy. After him are Alexandre Herculano, Sibilla Aleramo, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Varian Fry, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, and Josephine Tey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Tang Xianzu ranks 26. Before him are John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Abu Abdallah Mohammed II Saadi, Orazio Vecchi, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Marie Eleonore of Cleves, and Francisco Sanches. After him are Man Singh I, Chand Bibi, Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha, Vicente Espinel, and Juan de Oñate. Among people deceased in 1616, Tang Xianzu ranks 15. Before him are John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Simeon Bekbulatovich, Magdalene of Brandenburg, Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt, Johannes Fabricius, and Kuzma Minin. After him are Cornelis Ketel, Matthias de l'Obel, Francis Beaumont, Vitsentzos Kornaros, Richard Hakluyt, and Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone.

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Others Deceased in 1616

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In China

Among people born in China, Tang Xianzu ranks 695 out of 1,610. Before him are Sogyal Rinpoche (1947), Guo Pu (276), Tao Hongjing (456), Xu Beihong (1895), James Tien (1942), and Zhang Daqian (1899). After him are Fan Bingbing (1981), Sam Hui (1948), King Hu (1932), Yao Ming (1980), Qu Qiubai (1899), and Lien Chan (1936).

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  • Photo of Sogyal Rinpoche

    Sogyal Rinpoche

    WRITER

    1947 - 2019

    HPI: 53.61

    Rank: 689

  • Photo of Guo Pu

    Guo Pu

    HISTORIAN

    276 - 324

    HPI: 53.60

    Rank: 690

  • Photo of Tao Hongjing

    Tao Hongjing

    PHILOSOPHER

    456 - 536

    HPI: 53.57

    Rank: 691

  • Photo of Xu Beihong

    Xu Beihong

    PAINTER

    1895 - 1953

    HPI: 53.56

    Rank: 692

  • Photo of James Tien

    James Tien

    ACTOR

    1942 - Present

    HPI: 53.56

    Rank: 693

  • Photo of Zhang Daqian

    Zhang Daqian

    PAINTER

    1899 - 1983

    HPI: 53.56

    Rank: 694

  • Photo of Tang Xianzu

    Tang Xianzu

    WRITER

    1550 - 1616

    HPI: 53.55

    Rank: 695

  • Photo of Fan Bingbing

    Fan Bingbing

    ACTOR

    1981 - Present

    HPI: 53.55

    Rank: 696

  • Photo of Sam Hui

    Sam Hui

    SINGER

    1948 - Present

    HPI: 53.54

    Rank: 697

  • Photo of King Hu

    King Hu

    FILM DIRECTOR

    1932 - 1997

    HPI: 53.53

    Rank: 698

  • Photo of Yao Ming

    Yao Ming

    BASKETBALL PLAYER

    1980 - Present

    HPI: 53.51

    Rank: 699

  • Photo of Qu Qiubai

    Qu Qiubai

    POLITICIAN

    1899 - 1935

    HPI: 53.46

    Rank: 700

  • Photo of Lien Chan

    Lien Chan

    POLITICIAN

    1936 - Present

    HPI: 53.44

    Rank: 701

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Tang Xianzu ranks 70. Before him are Xu Zhimo (1897), Jung Chang (1952), Sima Tan (-165), Tian Han (1898), Lu Ji (261), and Sogyal Rinpoche (1947). After him are Song Yingxing (1587), Gu Yanwu (1613), Guan Daosheng (1262), Song Yu (-298), Han Suyin (1917), and François Cheng (1929).

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