PHILOSOPHER

Zengzi

504 BC - 435 BC

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Zeng Shen (505–435 BC), better known as Zengzi (Master Zeng), courtesy name Ziyu (子輿), was a Chinese philosopher and disciple of Confucius. He later taught Zisi (Kong Ji), the grandson of Confucius, who was in turn the teacher of Mencius, thus beginning a line of transmitters of orthodox Confucian traditions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zengzi has received more than 130,554 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Zengzi is the 499th most popular philosopher (up from 562nd in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Zengzi ranks 499 out of 1,267. Before him are Karl-Otto Apel, Pierre Duhem, Gorakhnath, Antiochus of Ascalon, Hermann Lotze, and Shneur Zalman of Liadi. After him are Gaetano Mosca, Dicaearchus, Yi I, Zhang Daoling, Karl Löwith, and Guillaume Budé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 504 BC, Zengzi ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 435 BC, Zengzi ranks 2. Before him is Epicharmus of Kos.

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    Zengzi

    PHILOSOPHER

    504 BC - 435 BC

    HPI: 59.71

    Rank: 1

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