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Yun Hyu

1617 - 1680

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Yun Hyu (Korean: 윤휴; Hanja: 尹鑴; 1617–1680) was a Korean Neo-Confucian scholar and official, who lived during the Joseon period. Yun was the political leader of the Southern (Namin) faction of the Joseon Dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yun Hyu has received more than 28,170 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Yun Hyu is the 975th most popular philosopher (up from 1,007th in 2019), the 169th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 182nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular South Korean Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Yun Hyu ranks 975 out of 1,267. Before him are Martin Lings, Pierre Nicole, Imran N. Hosein, Maitreyi, Egon Bondy, and Samuel Clarke. After him are Ernest Nagel, Olof Celsius, Guillaume Faye, Wilfrid Sellars, Persaeus, and Anna Kingsford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1617, Yun Hyu ranks 12. Before him are Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Leopoldo de' Medici, Adil Giray, Emanuel de Witte, Elias Ashmole, and Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony. After him are John Michael Wright, Ralph Cudworth, Roshanara Begum, and Richard Lovelace. Among people deceased in 1680, Yun Hyu ranks 32. Before him are Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, Kateri Tekakwitha, Frans Post, Symeon of Polotsk, Pierre-Paul Riquet, and Marco Uccellini. After him are Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp, John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, and Wang Shimin.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Yun Hyu ranks 169 out of 1,128. Before him are Lazarus You Heung-sik (1951), Kyung Wha Chung (1948), Daniel Dae Kim (1968), Park Ji-sung (1981), Jeong In-ji (1396), and Yu Kil-chun (1856). After him are Kim Tae-hee (1980), Ji Chang-wook (1987), Lee Beom-seok (1900), Suga (1993), Park Seo-joon (1988), and Kim Hye-soo (1970).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In South Korea

Among philosophers born in South Korea, Yun Hyu ranks 4. Before him are Yi Hwang (1501), Yi I (1536), and Byung-Chul Han (1959). After him are Jaegwon Kim (1934).

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