HISTORIAN

Zhao Rukuo

1170 - 1228

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Zhao Rukuo (simplified Chinese: 赵汝适; traditional Chinese: 趙汝适; pinyin: Zhào Rǔkuò; 1170–1231), also romanised as Zhao Rugua, Chau Ju-kua, or misread as Zhao Rushi, was a Chinese government official and writer during the Song dynasty. He wrote a two-volume book titled Zhu Fan Zhi. The book deals with the world known to the Chinese in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries; the first volume is a list of foreign places with descriptions of each place and the customs of its local people. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zhao Rukuo has received more than 36,721 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Zhao Rukuo is the 469th most popular historian, the 944th most popular biography from China and the 6th most popular Chinese Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 37k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Zhao Rukuo ranks 469 out of 561. Before him are William Robertson, Arthur Smith Woodward, Hermann Oldenberg, Charles A. Beard, Benjamin Mazar, and Djibril Tamsir Niane. After him are Timofey Granovsky, Charles Homer Haskins, Nikolaus Pevsner, Rudolph Rummel, Anvar Chingizoglu, and Catharine Macaulay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1170, Zhao Rukuo ranks 24. Before him are Robert de Clari, Conrad of Urach, Henry I, Count of Anhalt, Gaucelm Faidit, Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier, and Oliver of Paderborn.  Among people deceased in 1228, Zhao Rukuo ranks 8. Before him are Isabella II of Jerusalem, Robert I, Latin Emperor, Mstislav Mstislavich, Maria of Courtenay, Stephen Langton, and Aimeric de Peguilhan.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zhao Rukuo ranks 944 out of 1,610. Before him are Ding Xuexiang (1962), Kris Wu (1990), Jia Xiuquan (1963), Donduk Kuular (1888), Ni Xialian (1963), and Zhou Xiaochuan (1948). After him are Feng Xiaogang (1958), Hu Chunhua (1963), Frank Shu (1943), Liu Chao-shiuan (1943), Fang Fang (1955), and Ma Lin (1980).

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Among HISTORIANS In China

Among historians born in China, Zhao Rukuo ranks 6. Before him are Sima Qian (-145), Cangjie (-2650), Pei Songzhi (372), Guo Pu (276), and Ji Xianlin (1911).

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