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Wang Changling

698 - 756

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Wang Changling (Chinese: 王昌齡; pinyin: Wáng Chānglíng; 698–756) was a major Tang dynasty poet. His courtesy name was Shaobo (少伯). He was originally from Taiyuan in present-day Shanxi province, according to the editors of the Three Hundred Tang Poems, although other sources claim that he was actually from Jiangning near modern-day Nanjing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wang Changling has received more than 37,197 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Wang Changling is the 3,685th most popular writer (down from 3,383rd in 2019), the 810th most popular biography from China (down from 732nd in 2019) and the 89th most popular Chinese Writer.

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  • 57.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wang Changling ranks 3,685 out of 7,302. Before him are Milán Füst, René Huyghe, Berdi Kerbabayev, Nichita Stănescu, Viktor Nekrasov, and Concepción Arenal. After him are Dmitry Grigorovich, Oksana Zabuzhko, Louise Penny, Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, Peter Rosegger, and Thomas Friedman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 698, Wang Changling ranks 4. Before him are Abu Hanifa, Dagobert III, and Abe no Nakamaro.  Among people deceased in 756, Wang Changling ranks 8. Before him are Ibn al-Muqaffa', Emperor Shōmu, Aistulf, Kormisosh, Galla Gaulo, and Cuthred of Wessex.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wang Changling ranks 810 out of 1,610. Before him are Chen Hongshou (1598), Fang Lizhi (1936), Fou Ts'ong (1934), Shannon Lucid (1943), Qian Qichen (1928), and Lou Tseng-Tsiang (1871). After him are Jing Fang (-78), Chen Qimei (1878), Wu Jingzi (1701), Li Zhaoxing (1940), Li Ning (1963), and Xue Yue (1896).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Wang Changling ranks 89. Before him are Longchenpa (1308), Yu Hua (1960), Bing Xin (1900), Sanmao (1943), Yang Jiang (1911), and Xiao Hong (1911). After him are Wu Jingzi (1701), Chögyam Trungpa (1939), Zhou Zuoren (1885), Cui Hao (704), Taranatha (1575), and Katherine Paterson (1932).

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