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PHILOSOPHER

Zhang Binglin

1868 - 1936

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Zhang Binglin (January 12, 1869 – June 14, 1936), also known by his art name Zhang Taiyan, was a Chinese philologist, textual critic, philosopher, and revolutionary. His philological works include Wen Shi (文始 "The Origin of Writing"), the first systematic work of Chinese etymology. He also made contributions to historical Chinese phonology, proposing that "the niang (娘) and ri (日) initials [in Middle Chinese] come from the ni (泥) initial [in Old Chinese]" (known as niang ri gui ni 娘日歸泥). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zhang Binglin has received more than 90,979 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Zhang Binglin is the 945th most popular philosopher (down from 915th in 2019), the 736th most popular biography from China (down from 665th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Chinese Philosopher.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

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  • 3.15

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Zhang Binglin ranks 945 out of 1,081. Before him are Andrea Carlo Ferrari, Ramiro Ledesma Ramos, Richard Swinburne, Nikolay Lossky, George Gerbner, and Michel Onfray. After him are Rudolf Stammler, Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Daniel Bensaïd, David of Dinant, Camillo Berneri, and Wilfrid Sellars.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Zhang Binglin ranks 120. Before him are Delfim Moreira, Ozaki Kōyō, Jaan Tõnisson, Edward S. Curtis, Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, and Frank Watson Dyson. After him are Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, René de Saussure, Mikhail Pokrovsky, John Sealy Townsend, Paul Warburg, and Emilie Snethlage. Among people deceased in 1936, Zhang Binglin ranks 115. Before him are Josep Sunyol, Mikhail Kuzmin, Conrad Böcker, Ignacy Daszyński, Ramiro Ledesma Ramos, and Ramiro de Maeztu. After him are Blas Infante, Uchida Kōsai, Louise Bryant, Kamala Nehru, Konstantinos Demertzis, and Jean Mermoz.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zhang Binglin ranks 736 out of 1,392. Before him are Sima Tan (-165), Peng Shuai (1986), Shen Congwen (1902), Wan Li (1916), Wang Changling (698), and Chang Cheh (1923). After him are Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama (1883), Yun Shouping (1633), Song Yu (-298), Sun Chuanfang (1885), Andrew Yao (1946), and Tang Jiaxuan (1938).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In China

Among philosophers born in China, Zhang Binglin ranks 40. Before him are Tan Sitong (1865), Wang Fuzhi (1619), Liu Yuxi (772), Feng Youlan (1895), Huang Zongxi (1610), and Wei Yuan (1794). After him are Derek Parfit (1942), P. C. Chang (1892), and Liang Shuming (1893).

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