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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 74,212 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Tang Xianzu is the 2,736th most popular writer (down from 2,576th in 2019), the 652nd most popular biography from China (down from 589th in 2019) and the 65th most popular Chinese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 74k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tang Xianzu ranks 2,736 out of 5,755. Before him are Richard Bandler, Pierre Benoit, Labīd, Samuel Smiles, Anna Sewell, and Pedro Salinas. After him are Ahron Daum, Sogyal Rinpoche, Gertrud von Le Fort, Carlo Emilio Gadda, Macropedius, and Rafael de Nogales Méndez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Tang Xianzu ranks 24. Before him are Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Orazio Vecchi, False Dmitry III, John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Michael Maestlin, and Marie Eleonore of Cleves. After him are Man Singh I and Vicente Espinel. Among people deceased in 1616, Tang Xianzu ranks 15. Before him are John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Andreas Libavius, Magdalene of Brandenburg, Johannes Fabricius, Kuzma Minin, and Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt. After him are Matthias de l'Obel, Vitsentzos Kornaros, Francis Beaumont, and Richard Hakluyt.

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In China

Among people born in China, Tang Xianzu ranks 652 out of 1,392. Before him are Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei (1901), Lau Kar-leung (1934), Salchak Toka (1901), Jimmy Lai (1948), Chen Boda (1904), and Wang Fuzhi (1619). After him are Sogyal Rinpoche (1947), Ehmetjan Qasim (1914), Huang Tingjian (1045), Yuan Mei (1716), François Cheng (1929), and Wang Bo (650).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Tang Xianzu ranks 65. Before him are Han Suyin (1917), Lu Ji (261), Yuan Zhen (779), Xu Zhimo (1897), Guan Hanqing (1210), and Zhou Daguan (1266). After him are Sogyal Rinpoche (1947), Yuan Mei (1716), François Cheng (1929), Wang Bo (650), Longchenpa (1308), and Yang Jiang (1911).

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