PHILOSOPHER

Wang Fuzhi

1619 - 1692

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Wang Fuzhi (Chinese: 王夫之; pinyin: Wáng Fūzhī; Wade–Giles: Wang2 Fu1-chih1; 1619–1692), courtesy name Ernong (而農), pseudonym Chuanshan (船山), was a Chinese essayist, historian, and philosopher of the late Ming, early Qing dynasties. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wang Fuzhi has received more than 85,704 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Wang Fuzhi is the 761st most popular philosopher (up from 844th in 2019), the 607th most popular biography from China (up from 650th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Chinese Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Wang Fuzhi ranks 761 out of 1,267. Before him are Hermann von Keyserling, Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, Zaki al-Arsuzi, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, and Henry of Ghent. After him are Jean Vanier, Luigi Guido Grandi, Motoori Norinaga, Vladimir Jankélévitch, Ahmad al-Tayyeb, and Lucius Annaeus Cornutus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1619, Wang Fuzhi ranks 15. Before him are Willem Kalf, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Anna Catherine Constance Vasa, Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg, and Jacob Stainer. After him are Philip de Koninck, Matthias Weckmann, Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Johann Rosenmüller, Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz, and Marcantonio Giustinian. Among people deceased in 1692, Wang Fuzhi ranks 3. Before him are Emanuel de Witte, and Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck. After him are Maria Antonia of Austria, Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons, Giovanni Battista Vitali, Elias Ashmole, Cornelis Bloemaert, Heinrich Bach, Christian Louis I, Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken, and Thomas Shadwell.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wang Fuzhi ranks 607 out of 1,610. Before him are Emperor Xiaowu of Jin (362), Sengge Rinchen (1811), Zhang Ziyi (1979), Ding Ruchang (1836), Yan Zhenqing (709), and Ruan Lingyu (1910). After him are Jia Yi (-200), Jimmy Lai (1948), Kenneth Tsang (1935), Cao Yu (1910), Ding Ling (1904), and Liu Bocheng (1892).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In China

Among philosophers born in China, Wang Fuzhi ranks 33. Before him are Yang Xiong (-53), Cheng Yi (1033), Wang Bi (226), Zhang Zai (1020), Lie Yukou (-449), and Li Zhi (1527). After him are Liu Yuxi (772), Cheng Hao (1032), Tan Sitong (1865), Tao Hongjing (456), Feng Youlan (1895), and Huang Zongxi (1610).

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