699 - 759
Wang Wei (Traditional Chinese: 王維; Simplified Chinese: 王维, pinyin: Wáng Wéi, 699–759) was a Chinese musician, painter, poet, and politician of the middle Tang dynasty. He is regarded as one of the most distinguished men of arts and letters of his era. About 400 of his poems survived and 29 of them are included in the 18th-century anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wang Wei has received more than 47,004 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Wang Wei is the 558th most popular writer (up from 574th in 2019), the 147th most popular biography from China (down from 134th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Chinese Writer.
Wang Wei is most famous for his poetry.
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Among writers, Wang Wei ranks 558 out of 5,755. Before him are Mihai Eminescu, Abai Qunanbaiuly, Longus, Paul Lafargue, Miguel Ángel Asturias, and Alfred Döblin. After him are Faxian, Percy Fawcett, Saint Naum, Jacob L. Moreno, Alain Robbe-Grillet, and Theocritus.
1850 - 1889
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 552
1845 - 1904
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 553
110 - 200
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 554
1842 - 1911
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 555
1899 - 1974
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 556
1878 - 1957
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 557
699 - 759
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 558
340 - 418
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 559
1867 - 1925
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 560
830 - 910
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 561
1889 - 1974
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 562
1922 - 2008
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 563
315 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 564
Among people born in 699, Wang Wei ranks 1. Among people deceased in 759, Wang Wei ranks 1. After him are Yusuf ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri and Oswulf of Northumbria.
699 - 759
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1
711 - 759
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 2
800 - 759
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 3
Among people born in China, Wang Wei ranks 147 out of 1,392. Before him are King Wen of Zhou (-1112), Bai Qi (-250), Li Keqiang (1955), Luo Guanzhong (1330), Zhang Yimou (1950), and Zhengde Emperor (1491). After him are Faxian (340), Mo Yan (1955), Hyeonjong of Joseon (1641), Wen Jiabao (1942), Pang Tong (179), and Emperor Taizong of Song (939).
1112 BC - 1050 BC
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 141
250 BC - 257 BC
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 142
1955 - 2023
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 143
1330 - 1400
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 144
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 145
1491 - 1521
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 146
699 - 759
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 147
340 - 418
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 148
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 149
1641 - 1674
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 150
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 151
179 - 214
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 152
939 - 997
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 153
Among writers born in China, Wang Wei ranks 7. Before him are Du Fu (712), Lu Xun (1881), Gao Xingjian (1940), Qu Yuan (-343), Wu Cheng'en (1500), and Luo Guanzhong (1330). After him are Faxian (340), Mo Yan (1955), Bai Juyi (772), Kumārajīva (343), Jin Yong (1924), and Kang Youwei (1858).
712 - 770
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 1
1881 - 1936
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 2
1940 - Present
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 3
343 BC - 278 BC
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 4
1500 - 1582
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 5
1330 - 1400
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 6
699 - 759
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 7
340 - 418
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 8
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 9
772 - 846
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 10
343 - 413
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 11
1924 - 2018
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 12
1858 - 1927
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 13