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PHILOSOPHER

Zhuang Zhou

369 BC - 286 BC

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Zhuang Zhou (), commonly known as Zhuangzi (; Chinese: 莊子; literally "Master Zhuang"; also rendered in the Wade–Giles romanization as Chuang Tzu), was an influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States period, a period of great development in Chinese philosophy, the Hundred Schools of Thought. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zhuang Zhou has received more than 1,102,608 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Zhuang Zhou is the 97th most popular philosopher, the 32nd most popular biography from China (down from 30th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Chinese Philosopher.

Zhuang Zhou is most famous for his Taoist writings.

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  • 74.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 68

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Zhuang Zhou ranks 97 out of 1,081Before him are Zeno of Citium, Tertullian, Johann Gottfried Herder, Anaximenes of Miletus, Walter Benjamin, and Mencius. After him are Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Roland Barthes, Ibn Taymiyyah, Theophrastus, Wilhelm von Humboldt, and Henri de Saint-Simon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 369 BC, Zhuang Zhou ranks 1After him is Yang Zhu. Among people deceased in 286 BC, Zhuang Zhou ranks 1

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In China

Among people born in China, Zhuang Zhou ranks 32 out of 1,392Before him are Guan Yu (162), Kangxi Emperor (1654), Liu Bei (161), Yongle Emperor (1360), Li Ching-Yuen (1677), and Mencius (-372). After him are Zhuge Liang (181), Emperor Gaozu of Han (-256), Hongwu Emperor (1328), Jiang Zemin (1926), Zhou Enlai (1898), and Toshiro Mifune (1920).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In China

Among philosophers born in China, Zhuang Zhou ranks 5Before him are Confucius (-551), Laozi (-604), Sun Tzu (-544), and Mencius (-372). After him are Mozi (-470), Zhu Xi (1130), Han Fei (-280), Xun Kuang (-313), Milarepa (1052), Shen Kuo (1031), and Wang Yangming (1472).