1794 - 1857
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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Among philosophers, Wei Yuan ranks 924 out of 1,081. Before 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.
1479 - 1531
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 918
1900 - 1993
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 919
1618 - 1693
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 920
1610 - 1695
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 921
100 BC - 36
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 922
1418 - 1495
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 923
1794 - 1857
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 924
500 BC - Present
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 925
1870 - 1954
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 926
1808 - 1887
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 927
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 928
1678 - 1751
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 929
200 BC - 118 BC
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 930
Among people born in 1794, Wei Yuan ranks 33. Before 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 39. Before 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.
1794 - 1867
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 27
1794 - 1872
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 28
1794 - 1825
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 29
1794 - 1881
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 30
1794 - 1865
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 31
1794 - 1865
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 32
1794 - 1857
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 33
1794 - 1870
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 34
1794 - 1863
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 35
1794 - 1826
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 36
1794 - 1871
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 37
1794 - 1852
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 38
1794 - 1886
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 39
1786 - 1857
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 33
1813 - 1857
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 34
1773 - 1857
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 35
1806 - 1857
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 36
1792 - 1857
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 37
1804 - 1857
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 38
1794 - 1857
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 39
1792 - 1857
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 40
1819 - 1857
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 41
1800 - 1857
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 42
1792 - 1857
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 43
1790 - 1857
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 44
1778 - 1857
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 45
Among people born in China, Wei Yuan ranks 716 out of 1,392. Before 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).
1900 - 1999
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 710
1610 - 1695
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 711
1952 - 2021
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 712
1182 - 1251
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 713
1929 - Present
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 714
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 715
1794 - 1857
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 716
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 717
1878 - 1933
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 718
1930 - 2022
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 719
1913 - 2010
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 720
1935 - 2008
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 721
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 722
Among philosophers born in China, Wei Yuan ranks 39. Before 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).
456 - 536
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 33
1865 - 1898
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 34
1619 - 1692
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 35
772 - 842
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 36
1895 - 1990
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 37
1610 - 1695
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 38
1794 - 1857
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 39
1868 - 1936
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 40
1942 - 2017
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 41
1892 - 1957
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 42
1893 - 1988
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 43