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 84,079 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.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yuan Mei ranks 2,490 out of 7,302Before 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 9Before 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 15Before 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 1,610Before 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).

Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Yuan Mei ranks 63Before 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).