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Ji Xianlin

1911 - 2009

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Ji Xianlin (Chinese: 季羨林; pinyin: Jì Xiànlín; August 6, 1911 – July 11, 2009) was a Chinese Indologist, linguist, paleographer, historian and writer who has been honored by the governments of both India and China. Ji was proficient in many languages including Chinese, Sanskrit, Arabic, English, German, French, Russian, Pali and Tocharian, and translated many works. He published a memoir, The Cowshed: Memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, about his persecution during the Cultural Revolution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ji Xianlin is the 472nd most popular historian (down from 461st in 2019), the 935th most popular biography from China (up from 942nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Chinese Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Ji Xianlin ranks 472 out of 561. Before him are Irina Antonova, Stanley Morison, René Rémond, Richard J. Evans, Sara Ashurbeyli, and Miguel León-Portilla. After him are Benjamin Mazar, Artur Hazelius, David Abulafia, Craterus, Niall Ferguson, and Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Ji Xianlin ranks 312. Before him are Michael Hordern, Frederick Seitz, Bruno Venturini, Charles Mathiesen, László Szabados, and Georg Dascher. After him are Francisco Rúa, Ronnie Rooke, Nils Eriksen, Hans Pesser, Bill Monroe, and Robert Lamoot. Among people deceased in 2009, Ji Xianlin ranks 282. Before him are Willy Kernen, Frankie Manning, Nelson Demarco, Héctor Facundo, Nikola Kovachev, and Harve Presnell. After him are Jacques Baratier, Jacques Chessex, Idea Vilariño, Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Ine Schäffer, and Gayatri Devi.

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In China

Among people born in China, Ji Xianlin ranks 935 out of 1,610. Before him are Hui Liangyu (1944), Li Shangfu (1958), Qiao Guanhua (1913), Sun Chunlan (1950), Guanyu Zhou (1999), and Lidiya Vertinskaya (1923). After him are Fang Fang (1955), Jia Xiuquan (1963), Ingrid Noll (1935), Shi Zhengli (1964), Hu Chunhua (1963), and Qin Gang (1966).

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Among HISTORIANS In China

Among historians born in China, Ji Xianlin ranks 6. Before him are Sima Qian (-145), Cangjie (-2650), Pei Songzhi (372), Guo Pu (276), and Zhao Rukuo (1170).

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