POLITICIAN

Zhu Youlang

1623 - 1662

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The Yongli Emperor (simplified Chinese: 永历帝; traditional Chinese: 永曆帝; pinyin: Yǒnglì Dì; 1623–1662; reigned 24 December 1646 – 1 June 1662), personal name Zhu Youlang, was the fourth and last emperor of the Southern Ming dynasty, reigning in turbulent times when the former Ming dynasty was overthrown and the Manchu-led Qing dynasty progressively conquered the entire China proper. He led the remnants of the Ming loyalists with the assistance of peasant armies to resist the Qing forces in southwestern China, but he was then forced to exile to Toungoo Burma and eventually captured and executed by Wu Sangui in 1662. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zhu Youlang has received more than 184,341 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Zhu Youlang is the 5,878th most popular politician (down from 4,196th in 2019), the 450th most popular biography from China (down from 315th in 2019) and the 268th most popular Chinese Politician.

Zhu Youlang is most famous for being the first person to have written a book about the history of China.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zhu Youlang ranks 5,878 out of 19,576. Before him are Gasparo da Salò, Princess Margaret of Denmark, Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Tự Đức, Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale, and Emperor Go-Reizei. After him are Grimoald, King of the Lombards, Valamir, Ariaramnes, Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau, Vímara Peres, and Eleanor de Guzmán.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1623, Zhu Youlang ranks 5. Before him are Blaise Pascal, William Petty, Ferdinand Verbiest, and Antonio Cesti. After him are Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, François de Laval, Christian Louis I, Reinier Nooms, and Algernon Sidney. Among people deceased in 1662, Zhu Youlang ranks 7. Before him are Blaise Pascal, Koxinga, Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, and Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken. After him are William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Johann Crüger, Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena, Honoré II, Prince of Monaco, Adriaen van de Venne, and François le Métel de Boisrobert.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zhu Youlang ranks 450 out of 1,610. Before him are Run Run Shaw (1907), Zhuge Dan (200), Demchugdongrub (1902), Bai Chongxi (1893), J. G. Ballard (1930), and Zhao Mengfu (1254). After him are Shih Kien (1913), Wellington Koo (1888), Pang De (170), Wei Qing (-150), Joseph Zen (1932), and Lei Feng (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Zhu Youlang ranks 268. Before him are Ma Liang (187), Yang Kaihui (1901), Zhuge Dan (200), Demchugdongrub (1902), Bai Chongxi (1893), and Zhao Mengfu (1254). After him are Wellington Koo (1888), Zhang Jinghui (1871), 9th Dalai Lama (1805), Zhu Yousong (1607), Jin Youzhi (1918), and Cai Yong (133).

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