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PHILOSOPHER

Zou Yan

305 BC - 240 BC

Zou Yan

Zou Yan (; 305 BC – 240 BC) was a Chinese Warring States-era philosopher and spiritual writer best known as the representative thinker of the Yin and Yang School (or School of Naturalists) during the Hundred Schools of Thought era in Chinese philosophy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zou Yan has received more than 93,892 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Zou Yan is the 519th most popular philosopher (up from 567th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

94k
Page Views (PV)
58.21
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
21
Languages Editions (L)
5.65
Effective Languages (L*)
1.84
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Zou Yan ranks 519 out of 1,081. Before her are Harriet Taylor Mill, Victor Cousin, Vasishtha, Liu Bowen, André Gorz, and Gaius Musonius Rufus. After her are Karl Korsch, Guillaume Budé, Antony Flew, Saul Kripke, Carl Stumpf, and Arthur Danto.

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Harriet Taylor Mill
1807 - 1858
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 513
Victor Cousin
1792 - 1867
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 514
Vasishtha
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 515
Liu Bowen
1311 - 1375
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 516
André Gorz
1923 - 2007
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 517
Gaius Musonius Rufus
25 - 95
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 518
Zou Yan
305 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 519
Karl Korsch
1886 - 1961
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 520
Guillaume Budé
1467 - 1540
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 521
Antony Flew
1923 - 2010
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 522
Saul Kripke
1940 - 2022
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 523
Carl Stumpf
1848 - 1936
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 524
Arthur Danto
1924 - 2013
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 525

Contemporaries

Among people born in 305 BC, Zou Yan ranks 2. Before her is Arsinoe I. After her is Abdalonymus. Among people deceased in 240 BC, Zou Yan ranks 5. Before her are Euclid, Callimachus, Arcesilaus, and Aratus. After her is Posidippus.