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WRITER

Wang Wei

699 - 759

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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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  • 47k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wang Wei ranks 558 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 699, Wang Wei ranks 1 Among people deceased in 759, Wang Wei ranks 1After him are Yusuf ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri and Oswulf of Northumbria.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wang Wei ranks 147 out of 1,392Before 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).

Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Wang Wei ranks 7Before 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).