1716 - 1798
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 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Yuan Mei is the 2,760th most popular writer (down from 2,537th in 2019), the 656th most popular biography from China (down from 584th in 2019) and the 67th most popular Chinese Writer.
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Among writers, Yuan Mei ranks 2,760 out of 5,755. Before him are Krishna Sobti, Julius Pomponius Laetus, Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, Jeff Lindsay, Paul Gallico, and Luis Cernuda. After him are L. Sprague de Camp, Thomas of Britain, Kamo no Chōmei, Ludwig Rellstab, Cassandra Clare, and Erich Fried.
1925 - 2019
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 2,754
1428 - 1498
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 2,755
1759 - 1839
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 2,756
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 2,757
1897 - 1976
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 2,758
1902 - 1963
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 2,759
1716 - 1798
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 2,760
1907 - 2000
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 2,761
1200 - 1150
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 2,762
1155 - 1216
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 2,763
1799 - 1860
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 2,764
1973 - Present
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 2,765
1921 - 1988
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 2,766
Among people born in 1716, Yuan Mei ranks 12. Before him are Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, Joseph-Marie Vien, Thomas Gray, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, Antonio de Ulloa, and Pehr Kalm. After him are Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, Otto von Münchhausen, Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, Capability Brown, and Jean François de Saint-Lambert. Among people deceased in 1798, Yuan Mei ranks 19. Before him are Tarrare, Gaetano Pugnani, Johann Reinhold Forster, François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Christian Cannabich, and Antoine de Chézy. After him are Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda, John Fitch, Wolfe Tone, James Wilson, George Read, and Thomas Pennant.
1716 - 1801
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 6
1716 - 1809
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 7
1716 - 1771
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 8
1716 - 1795
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 9
1716 - 1795
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 10
1716 - 1779
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 11
1716 - 1798
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 12
1716 - 1781
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 13
1716 - 1800
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 14
1716 - 1774
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 15
1716 - 1796
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 16
1716 - 1783
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 17
1716 - 1803
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 18
1772 - 1798
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 13
1731 - 1798
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 14
1729 - 1798
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 15
1753 - 1798
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 16
1731 - 1798
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 17
1718 - 1798
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 18
1716 - 1798
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 19
1719 - 1798
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 20
1743 - 1798
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 21
1763 - 1798
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 22
1742 - 1798
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 23
1733 - 1798
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 24
1726 - 1798
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 25
Among people born in China, Yuan Mei ranks 656 out of 1,392. Before him are Chen Boda (1904), Wang Fuzhi (1619), Tang Xianzu (1550), Sogyal Rinpoche (1947), Ehmetjan Qasim (1914), and Huang Tingjian (1045). After him are François Cheng (1929), Wang Bo (650), Ma Huateng (1971), Zhang Zhidong (1837), Zhang Daqian (1899), and Liu Yuxi (772).
1904 - 1989
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 650
1619 - 1692
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 651
1550 - 1616
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 652
1947 - 2019
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 653
1914 - 1949
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 654
1045 - 1105
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 655
1716 - 1798
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 656
1929 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 657
650 - 676
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 658
1971 - Present
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 659
1837 - 1909
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 660
1899 - 1983
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 661
772 - 842
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 662
Among writers born in China, Yuan Mei ranks 67. Before him are Yuan Zhen (779), Xu Zhimo (1897), Guan Hanqing (1210), Zhou Daguan (1266), Tang Xianzu (1550), and Sogyal Rinpoche (1947). After him are François Cheng (1929), Wang Bo (650), Longchenpa (1308), Yang Jiang (1911), Gu Yanwu (1613), and Qian Zhongshu (1910).
779 - 831
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 61
1897 - 1931
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 62
1210 - 1280
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 63
1266 - 1346
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 64
1550 - 1616
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 65
1947 - 2019
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 66
1716 - 1798
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 67
1929 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 68
650 - 676
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 69
1308 - 1364
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 70
1911 - 2016
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 71
1613 - 1682
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 72
1910 - 1998
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 73