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Lie Yukou

449 BC - 500 BC

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Lie Yukou (Chinese: 列圄寇/列禦寇; pinyin: Liè Yǔkòu; Wade–Giles: Lieh4 Yü4-k‘ou4; Jyutping: Lit6 Jyu6 Kau3; fl. c. 400 BCE) was a Chinese philosopher who is considered the author of the Daoist book Liezi, which uses his honorific name Liezi (Chinese: 列子; pinyin: Lièzǐ; Wade–Giles: Lieh4-tzŭ3; lit. 'Master Lie'). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lie Yukou is the 800th most popular philosopher (down from 717th in 2019), the 628th most popular biography from China (down from 580th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Chinese Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Lie Yukou ranks 800 out of 1,267. Before him are Philippa Foot, Henry of Ghent, Nikolai Amosov, Jean-Luc Marion, Yun Hyu, and Melchor Cano. After him are Narayana Guru, Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, Axiothea of Phlius, Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg, and Isaac Israeli ben Solomon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 449 BC, Lie Yukou ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 500 BC, Lie Yukou ranks 36. Before him are Artystone, Titus Lartius, Spurius Lartius, Agoracritus, Corax of Syracuse, and Theagenes of Thasos. After him are Titus Aebutius Elva, Praxilla, Hydarnes, Artazostre, Acusilaus, and Xanthus.

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    Lie Yukou

    PHILOSOPHER

    449 BC - 500 BC

    HPI: 61.94

    Rank: 1

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In China

Among people born in China, Lie Yukou ranks 628 out of 1,610. Before him are Wang Ming (1904), Konstantin Rodzaevsky (1907), Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei (408), Ding Ruchang (1836), Du Yuesheng (1888), and Gu Yanwu (1613). After him are Tang Xianzu (1550), Cai Yuanpei (1868), Li Kui (-500), Bo Yibo (1908), Boris Blacher (1903), and Yi-Fu Tuan (1930).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In China

Among philosophers born in China, Lie Yukou ranks 33. Before him are Liu Bowen (1311), Shen Buhai (-385), Cheng Yi (1033), Li Zhi (1527), Wang Fuzhi (1619), and Zhang Zai (1020). After him are Cheng Hao (1032), Liu Yuxi (772), Feng Youlan (1895), Tao Hongjing (456), Tan Sitong (1865), and Derek Parfit (1942).

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