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PHILOSOPHER

Wei Yuan

1794 - 1857

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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 71,003 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Wei Yuan is the 924th most popular philosopher, the 716th most popular biography from China and the 39th most popular Chinese Philosopher.

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  • 71k

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  • 50.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Wei Yuan ranks 924 out of 1,081Before him are Vallabha, Leo Löwenthal, Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, Huang Zongxi, Thrasyllus of Mendes, and Gabriel Biel. After him are Ajita Kesakambali, Édouard Le Roy, Lysander Spooner, Charondas, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, and Critolaus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, Wei Yuan ranks 33Before him are Jean Pierre Flourens, Jacques Babinet, Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Konstantin Thon, Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, and Joseph Lebeau. After him are Princess Amalie of Saxony, Edward Robinson, Alexander Gordon Laing, Jeanne Villepreux-Power, Carl Borivoj Presl, and Leopold Zunz. Among people deceased in 1857, Wei Yuan ranks 39Before him are Agustina de Aragón, Frederick Scott Archer, William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Braganza, Manuel Oribe, and Daniele Manin. After him are Johann Georg Hiedler, Abe Masahiro, Achille Devéria, Abraham Jacob van der Aa, Juan Lindo, and Carl Ludwig Koch.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wei Yuan ranks 716 out of 1,392Before him are Bing Xin (1900), Huang Zongxi (1610), Ng Man-tat (1952), Sakya Pandita (1182), Toshiko Akiyoshi (1929), and Meng Hongwei (1953). After him are Wu Bangguo (1941), Chen Jiongming (1878), Yi-Fu Tuan (1930), Huang Hua (1913), Fujio Akatsuka (1935), and Wang Huning (1955).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In China

Among philosophers born in China, Wei Yuan ranks 39Before him are Tao Hongjing (456), Tan Sitong (1865), Wang Fuzhi (1619), Liu Yuxi (772), Feng Youlan (1895), and Huang Zongxi (1610). After him are Zhang Binglin (1868), Derek Parfit (1942), P. C. Chang (1892), and Liang Shuming (1893).