PHILOSOPHER

Liang Shuming

1893 - 1988

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Liang Shuming (Chinese: 梁漱溟; pinyin: Liáng Shùmíng, Wade-Giles Liang Shu-ming; sometimes Liang Sou-ming, October 18, 1893 – June 23, 1988), born Liang Huanding (梁焕鼎), courtesy name Shouming (壽銘), was a Chinese philosopher, politician, and writer in the Rural Reconstruction Movement during the late Qing dynasty and early Republican eras of Chinese history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Liang Shuming is the 1,159th most popular philosopher (down from 1,139th in 2019), the 910th most popular biography from China (down from 906th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Chinese Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Liang Shuming ranks 1,159 out of 1,267. Before him are Nick Land, P. C. Chang, Ralph Cudworth, Cercidas, George Gerbner, and André Comte-Sponville. After him are Semyon Frank, Eduardo Lourenço, Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Sedulius Scottus, Thomas Sebeok, and Barbara Cassin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Liang Shuming ranks 220. Before him are Charley Chase, Tommaso Lequio di Assaba, Blind Blake, Georg Åberg, Gladys Davis, and Stasys Girėnas. After him are Gummo Marx, Steingrímur Steinþórsson, Fernando Altimani, Ina Claire, Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, and Harry Ryan. Among people deceased in 1988, Liang Shuming ranks 199. Before him are Phạm Hùng, Hermann Volk, Freddie Wolff, María Teresa León, Alf Kjellin, and Carlos Manuel Piedra. After him are Louis Versyp, Heather O'Rourke, Louis L'Amour, Sándor Bíró, Bibi Torriani, and Alberto Uria.

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In China

Among people born in China, Liang Shuming ranks 910 out of 1,610. Before him are Lin Shu (1852), Flossie Wong-Staal (1946), Keye Luke (1904), Paul Yü Pin (1901), Ding Xuexiang (1962), and John Baptist Wu (1925). After him are Dilraba Dilmurat (1992), Ji Pengfei (1910), Zhou Xun (1974), Wang Shimin (1592), Ma Long (1988), and Karen Lachmann (1916).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In China

Among philosophers born in China, Liang Shuming ranks 44. Before him are Tan Sitong (1865), Derek Parfit (1942), Huang Zongxi (1610), Wei Yuan (1794), Zhang Binglin (1868), and P. C. Chang (1892).

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