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Wang Anshi

1021 - 1086

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Wang Anshi ([wǎŋ ánʂɨ̌]; Chinese: 王安石; December 8, 1021 – May 21, 1086), courtesy name Jiefu (Chinese: 介甫), was a Chinese economist, philosopher, poet, and politician during the Song dynasty. He served as chancellor and attempted major and controversial socioeconomic reforms known as the New Policies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wang Anshi has received more than 245,965 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Wang Anshi is the 59th most popular economist (up from 68th in 2019), the 206th most popular biography from China (up from 209th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Economist.

Wang Anshi was a Chinese statesman and reformer of the Song Dynasty. He is most famous for his reforms in the 11th century, which were based on the New Policies of Wang Anshi.

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  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Wang Anshi ranks 59 out of 414. Before him are Werner Sombart, Bertil Ohlin, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Douglass North, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, and Benjamin Graham. After him are Theodore Schultz, Oliver E. Williamson, Irving Fisher, Franco Modigliani, Robert Mundell, and Cornelius Castoriadis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1021, Wang Anshi ranks 3. Before him are Solomon ibn Gabirol, and Eudokia Makrembolitissa. After him is Michael Attaleiates. Among people deceased in 1086, Wang Anshi ranks 3. Before him are Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, and Canute IV of Denmark. After him are Sima Guang, William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine, Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg, Judith of Bohemia, Richilde, Countess of Hainaut, Gregory Pakourianos, and Yaropolk Izyaslavich.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wang Anshi ranks 206 out of 1,610. Before him are Lin Zexu (1785), Wong Fei-hung (1925), Meng Tian (-250), Zhang Zuolin (1875), Cao Xueqin (1724), and Liu Xiaobo (1955). After him are Zhang Liang (-290), Wang Yangming (1472), Xu Fu (-255), Donnie Yen (1963), Emperor Yingzong of Song (1032), and Empress Xiaoyichun (1727).

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Among ECONOMISTS In China

Among economists born in China, Wang Anshi ranks 1. After him are Zhou Youguang (1906), and Ilham Tohti (1969).

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