PHILOSOPHER

Wei Yuan

1794 - 1857

Wei Yuan

Wei Yuan (Chinese: 魏源; pinyin: Wèi Yuán; April 23, 1794 – March 26, 1857), born Wei Yuanda (魏遠達), courtesy names Moshen (默深) and Hanshi (漢士), was a Chinese scholar from Shaoyang, Hunan. He moved to Yangzhou, Jiangsu in 1831, where he remained for the rest of his life. Wei obtained the provincial degree (juren) in the Imperial examinations and subsequently worked in the secretariat of several statesmen such as Lin Zexu. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wei Yuan has received more than 77,684 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Wei Yuan is the 985th most popular philosopher (down from 924th in 2019), the 790th most popular biography from China (down from 714th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Chinese Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

78k
Page Views (PV)
51.49
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
16
Languages Editions (L)
4.50
Effective Languages (L*)
1.85
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Wei Yuan ranks 985 out of 1,267. Before him are Wilfrid Sellars, Persaeus, Anna Kingsford, Ivan Aksakov, Gottlob Ernst Schulze, and J. M. E. McTaggart. After him are Achille Mbembe, Ernst Tugendhat, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Dimitri Kitsikis, Athenodorus Cananites, and Abdolkarim Soroush.

Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia

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Wilfrid Sellars
1912 - 1989
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 979
Persaeus
306 BC - 243 BC
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 980
Anna Kingsford
1846 - 1888
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 981
Ivan Aksakov
1823 - 1886
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 982
Gottlob Ernst Schulze
1761 - 1833
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 983
J. M. E. McTaggart
1866 - 1925
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 984
Wei Yuan
1794 - 1857
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 985
Achille Mbembe
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 986
Ernst Tugendhat
1930 - 2023
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 987
Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe
1940 - 2007
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 988
Dimitri Kitsikis
1935 - 2021
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 989
Athenodorus Cananites
100 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 990
Abdolkarim Soroush
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 991

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, Wei Yuan ranks 40. Before him are Heinrich Boie, Princess Amalie of Saxony, Alexander Gordon Laing, Eduard Friedrich Eversmann, Joseph Lebeau, and Heinz Christian Pander. After him are Henriette d'Angeville, Achille Valenciennes, Robert Liston, Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, and Gerrit Schimmelpenninck. Among people deceased in 1857, Wei Yuan ranks 45. Before him are William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, Carl Ludwig Koch, Johann Georg Hiedler, Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy, Abe Masahiro, and Abraham Jacob van der Aa. After him are Frederick Scott Archer, Juan Lindo, Johann Friedrich Naumann, Johann Schweigger, Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer, and Stefano Franscini.

Others Born in 1794

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Heinrich Boie
BIOLOGIST
1794 - 1827
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 34
Princess Amalie of Saxony
COMPOSER
1794 - 1870
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 35
Alexander Gordon Laing
EXPLORER
1794 - 1826
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 36
Eduard Friedrich Eversmann
BIOLOGIST
1794 - 1860
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 37
Joseph Lebeau
POLITICIAN
1794 - 1865
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 38
Heinz Christian Pander
BIOLOGIST
1794 - Present
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 39
Wei Yuan
PHILOSOPHER
1794 - 1857
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 40
Henriette d'Angeville
POLITICIAN
1794 - 1871
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 41
Achille Valenciennes
BIOLOGIST
1794 - 1865
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 42
Robert Liston
PHYSICIAN
1794 - 1847
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 43
Abbasgulu Bakikhanov
WRITER
1794 - 1847
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 44
Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal
BIOLOGIST
1794 - 1866
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 45
Gerrit Schimmelpenninck
POLITICIAN
1794 - 1863
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 46

Others Deceased in 1857

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William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst
POLITICIAN
1773 - 1857
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 39
Carl Ludwig Koch
BIOLOGIST
1778 - 1857
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 40
Johann Georg Hiedler
POLITICIAN
1792 - 1857
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 41
Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1770 - 1857
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 42
Abe Masahiro
POLITICIAN
1819 - 1857
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 43
Abraham Jacob van der Aa
WRITER
1792 - 1857
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 44
Wei Yuan
PHILOSOPHER
1794 - 1857
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 45
Frederick Scott Archer
INVENTOR
1813 - 1857
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 46
Juan Lindo
POLITICIAN
1790 - 1857
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 47
Johann Friedrich Naumann
BIOLOGIST
1780 - 1857
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 48
Johann Schweigger
CHEMIST
1779 - 1857
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 49
Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer
POLITICIAN
1798 - 1857
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 50
Stefano Franscini
POLITICIAN
1796 - 1857
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 51