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Ji Yun

1724 - 1805

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Ji Yun (simplified Chinese: 纪昀; traditional Chinese: 紀昀; pinyin: Jǐ Yún; 1724–1805), also known as Ji Xiaolan (simplified Chinese: 纪晓岚; traditional Chinese: 紀曉嵐; pinyin: Jǐ Xiǎolán) or Ji Chunfan (Chinese: 紀春帆; pinyin: Jǐ Chūnfān) was a Chinese philosopher, politician, and writer. He was an influential scholar of Qing dynasty China and many anecdotes have been recorded about him. Ji Yun left behind a book entitled Notes of the Thatched Abode of Close Observations (閱微草堂筆記) and another book named Wenda Gong Yiji (紀文達公遺集; "Collected Works of Lord Wenda", i.e. Ji Xiaolan), which was edited by later generations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ji Yun is the 13,787th most popular politician (down from 11,899th in 2019), the 845th most popular biography from China (down from 793rd in 2019) and the 425th most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ji Yun ranks 13,787 out of 19,576Before him are Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Vistahm, Emperor Zhi, Andris Piebalgs, Cándido Bareiro, and William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford. After him are Mariana Pineda, Pierre Frieden, Jacek Kuroń, Bobby Seale, Nikolai Tanayev, and Vasily Kosoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1724, Ji Yun ranks 30Before him are Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, Gottfried Heinrich Bach, Anton Friedrich Büsching, Johann Julius Walbaum, Dai Zhen, and Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood. After him are Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Georges-Louis Le Sage, and Jane Colden. Among people deceased in 1805, Ji Yun ranks 25Before him are Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, Nicolas-Jacques Conté, Franz Xaver von Wulfen, John Robison, Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville, and Conrad Moench. After him are Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, Thomas Wedgwood, and Mihály Csokonai.

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In China

Among people born in China, Ji Yun ranks 845 out of 1,610Before him are Chen Jiru (1558), Harry Wu (1937), Changpeng Zhao (1977), Leon Lai (1966), Fujio Akatsuka (1935), and Wang Shu (1963). After him are Tang Enbo (1898), Dai Sijie (1954), Ye Mingchen (1807), Ma Zhongying (1910), Zhang Jie (1937), and Hsing Yun (1927).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Ji Yun ranks 425Before him are Song Ping (1917), Jin Shuren (1879), Yu Zhengsheng (1945), Wang Yang (1955), Luo Ruiqing (1906), and Liu Yandong (1945). After him are Ye Mingchen (1807), Song Renqiong (1909), Tang Jiaxuan (1938), Liu He (1952), Tang Jingsong (1841), and Huang Hua (1913).