WRITER

Yuan Mei

1716 - 1798

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Yuan Mei (Chinese: 袁枚; pinyin: Yuán Méi; 1716–1797) was a Chinese poet of the Qing Dynasty. He was often mentioned with Ji Yun as the "Nan Yuan Bei Ji" (Chinese: 南袁北紀; pinyin: nányuán běijì; lit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yuan Mei has received more than 76,960 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Yuan Mei is the 2,490th most popular writer (up from 2,750th in 2019), the 648th most popular biography from China (up from 655th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Chinese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 77k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Sui yuan shi dan
Chinese Cookery, Cookery, Chinese, Early works to 1800
1958
Censored by Confucius
1995
Suiyuan shi hua
Chinese poetry, History and criticism
1900
Shi jing yi zhu
Shi jing
1980
Sui yuan shi fa cong hua
Chinese poetry, History and criticism
1978
Xiao cang shan fang chi du
1789

Page views of Yuan Meis by language

Over the past year Yuan Mei has had the most page views in the with 35,473 views, followed by English (9,817), and Japanese (3,604). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (56.86%), Classical Chinese (53.99%), and Latin (47.86%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yuan Mei ranks 2,490 out of 7,302. Before him are Wilhelm Raabe, Richard Adams, Peter Shaffer, Isak Samokovlija, Sextus Pompeius Festus, and Ursula Kuczynski. After him are Valery Larbaud, Karin Fossum, Stefan Heym, Walter of Châtillon, Michael Bishop, and Dag Solstad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1716, Yuan Mei ranks 9. Before him are Étienne Maurice Falconet, James Lind, Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, Joseph-Marie Vien, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, and Antonio de Ulloa. After him are Louise Diane d'Orléans, Thomas Gray, Luis Egidio Meléndez, Pehr Kalm, Eugenios Voulgaris, and Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton. Among people deceased in 1798, Yuan Mei ranks 15. Before him are Tarrare, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Johann Reinhold Forster, Edward Waring, Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, and François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers. After him are Infanta María Amalia of Spain, Antoine de Chézy, Christian Cannabich, Gaetano Pugnani, George Read, and Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yuan Mei ranks 648 out of 1,610. Before him are Gan Ji (101), Yuan Longping (1930), Yan Liben (600), Ma Huan (1380), Bo Gu (1907), and Peng Zhen (1902). After him are Xu Zhimo (1897), Emperor Mingyuan of Northern Wei (392), Jung Chang (1952), Wang Huning (1955), Li Bingbing (1973), and Jimmy Wang Yu (1943).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Yuan Mei ranks 63. Before him are Cao Yu (1910), Ding Ling (1904), Xue Tao (768), Zhou Daguan (1266), Ai Qing (1910), and Guan Hanqing (1210). After him are Xu Zhimo (1897), Jung Chang (1952), Sima Tan (-165), Tian Han (1898), Lu Ji (261), and Sogyal Rinpoche (1947).

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