PHILOSOPHER

Yang Xiong

53 BC - 18

Yang Xiong

Yang Xiong (Chinese: 揚雄; 53 BCE – 18 CE) was a Chinese philosopher, poet, and politician of the Western Han dynasty known for his philosophical writings and fu poetry compositions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yang Xiong has received more than 6,477 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Yang Xiong is the 670th most popular philosopher (up from 707th in 2019), the 538th most popular biography from China (up from 547th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Chinese Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

6.5k
Page Views (PV)
56.73
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
25
Languages Editions (L)
4.78
Effective Languages (L*)
2.61
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Yang Xiongs by language

Over the past year Yang Xiong has had the most page views in the Chinese wikipedia edition with 20,112 views, followed by Japanese (3,737), and Vietnamese (1,892). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Classical Chinese (92.92%), Kurdish (Sorani) (43.69%), and Cantonese (38.74%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Yang Xiong ranks 670 out of 1,267. Before him are Mario Bunge, Stein Rokkan, Alfred Schmidt, Jaakko Hintikka, Guarino da Verona, and Jean Wahl. After him are Pierre Hadot, Hossein Nasr, Cheng Yi, Julius Pollux, Lucien Goldmann, and Jean-Marie Guyau.

Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia

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Mario Bunge
1919 - 2020
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 664
Stein Rokkan
1921 - 1979
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 665
Alfred Schmidt
1931 - 2012
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 666
Jaakko Hintikka
1929 - 2015
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 667
Guarino da Verona
1374 - 1460
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 668
Jean Wahl
1888 - 1974
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 669
Yang Xiong
53 BC - 18
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 670
Pierre Hadot
1922 - 2010
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 671
Hossein Nasr
1933 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 672
Cheng Yi
1033 - 1107
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 673
Julius Pollux
200 - 238
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 674
Lucien Goldmann
1913 - 1970
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 675
Jean-Marie Guyau
1854 - 1888
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 676

Contemporaries

Among people born in 53 BC, Yang Xiong ranks 1. After him are Marcus Valerius Messalla Rufus, and Aristobulus III of Judea. Among people deceased in 18, Yang Xiong ranks 3. Before him are Herod Archelaus, and Yuri of Goguryeo.

Others Born in 53 BC

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Yang Xiong
PHILOSOPHER
53 BC - 18
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 1
Marcus Valerius Messalla Rufus
POLITICIAN
53 BC - 100
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 2
Aristobulus III of Judea
POLITICIAN
53 BC - 36 BC
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 3