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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 78,504 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Wang Fuzhi is the 844th most popular philosopher (down from 831st in 2019), the 651st most popular biography from China (down from 603rd in 2019) and the 35th most popular Chinese Philosopher.

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  • 52.60

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  • 18

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  • 3.37

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  • 2.61

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Wang Fuzhi ranks 844 out of 1,081Before him are Menedemus, Józef Maria Bocheński, Denis Pétau, F. H. Bradley, Michael Dummett, and Byung-Chul Han. After him are Anselm of Laon, Lanza del Vasto, Lubna of Córdoba, Favorinus, Émile Boirac, and Francesco Filelfo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1619, Wang Fuzhi ranks 16Before him are Philips Wouwerman, Anna Catherine Constance Vasa, Jacob Stainer, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg, and Matthias Weckmann. After him are Johann Rosenmüller, Philip de Koninck, Otto Marseus van Schrieck, Antoine Furetière, Henry Oldenburg, and Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz. Among people deceased in 1692, Wang Fuzhi ranks 6Before him are Maria Antonia of Austria, Emanuel de Witte, Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck, Elias Ashmole, and Giovanni Battista Vitali. After him are Heinrich Bach, Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons, and Thomas Shadwell.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wang Fuzhi ranks 651 out of 1,392Before him are Cai Yuanpei (1868), Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei (1901), Lau Kar-leung (1934), Salchak Toka (1901), Jimmy Lai (1948), and Chen Boda (1904). After him are Tang Xianzu (1550), Sogyal Rinpoche (1947), Ehmetjan Qasim (1914), Huang Tingjian (1045), Yuan Mei (1716), and François Cheng (1929).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In China

Among philosophers born in China, Wang Fuzhi ranks 35Before him are Yang Xiong (-53), Li Zhi (1527), Zhang Zai (1020), Cheng Hao (1032), Tao Hongjing (456), and Tan Sitong (1865). After him are Liu Yuxi (772), Feng Youlan (1895), Huang Zongxi (1610), Wei Yuan (1794), Zhang Binglin (1868), and Derek Parfit (1942).