PHILOSOPHER

Yan Hui

521 BC - 490 BC

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Yan Hui (c. 521–481 BC) was a Chinese philosopher. He was the favorite disciple of Confucius and one of the most revered figures of Confucianism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yan Hui has received more than 144,723 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Yan Hui is the 481st most popular philosopher (up from 494th in 2019).

Yan Hui is most famous for being a student of Confucius. He was also known for his kindness, and for not feeling the need to be more than what he was.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Yan Huis by language

Over the past year Yan Hui has had the most page views in the with 48,571 views, followed by English (27,760), and Japanese (16,432). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (42.55%), Cantonese (32.64%), and Spanish (24.40%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Yan Hui ranks 481 out of 1,267Before him are Valentinus, Aristo of Chios, Jyotirao Phule, Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Willard Van Orman Quine, and Arete of Cyrene. After him are Madhvacharya, Agrippa the Skeptic, Yi Hwang, Norberto Bobbio, Hegesias of Cyrene, and Themistius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 521 BC, Yan Hui ranks 1 Among people deceased in 490 BC, Yan Hui ranks 5Before him are Pheidippides, Devadatta, Hippias, and Datis. After him is Titus Lucretius Tricipitinus.

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