PHILOSOPHER
Zengzi
504 BC - 435 BC
Zengzi
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 122,273 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Zengzi is the 562nd most popular philosopher (down from 555th in 2019).
Memorability Metrics
120k
Page Views (PV)
57.30
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
20
Languages Editions (L)
4.10
Effective Languages (L*)
2.41
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
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Among PHILOSOPHERS
Among philosophers, Zengzi ranks 562 out of 1,081. Before him are Georges Canguilhem, Reinhold Niebuhr, Ludwig Büchner, Jacques Ellul, Stein Rokkan, and Étienne Balibar. After him are Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Henry Corbin, Anaxarchus, James Ussher, Johann Bernhard Basedow, and Eric Voegelin.
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Georges Canguilhem
1904 - 1995
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 556
Reinhold Niebuhr
1892 - 1971
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 557
Ludwig Büchner
1824 - 1899
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 558
Jacques Ellul
1912 - 1994
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 559
Stein Rokkan
1921 - 1979
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 560
Étienne Balibar
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 561
Zengzi
504 BC - 435 BC
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 562
Karl Leonhard Reinhold
1757 - 1823
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 563
Henry Corbin
1903 - 1978
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 564
Anaxarchus
380 BC - 320 BC
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 565
James Ussher
1581 - 1656
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 566
Johann Bernhard Basedow
1723 - 1790
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 567
Eric Voegelin
1901 - 1985
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 568
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.
