WRITER

Luo Guanzhong

1330 - 1400

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Luo Ben (c. 1330–1400, or c.1280–1360), better known by his courtesy name Guanzhong (Mandarin pronunciation: [lwo kwanʈʂʊŋ]), was a Chinese novelist who lived during the Ming dynasty. He is also known by his pseudonym Huhai Sanren (Chinese: 湖海散人; pinyin: Húhǎi Sǎnrén; lit. 'Leisure Man of Lakes and Seas'). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luo Guanzhong is the 538th most popular writer (down from 484th in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from China and the 8th most popular Chinese Writer.

Luo Guanzhong is most famous for writing the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Luo Guanzhong ranks 538 out of 7,302. Before him are Vasily Grossman, Richard Bach, Pierre de Ronsard, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Martial, and Vasubandhu. After him are Nâzım Hikmet, Osip Mandelstam, Seneca the Elder, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Camille Flammarion, and Augusta, Lady Gregory.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1330, Luo Guanzhong ranks 3. Before him are Edward the Black Prince, and Nicolas Flamel. After him are Peter Parler, Gongmin of Goryeo, Louis II, Count of Flanders, Robert III of Scotland, William I, Duke of Bavaria, Altichiero, Francesc Eiximenis, Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio, and Radu I of Wallachia. Among people deceased in 1400, Luo Guanzhong ranks 4. Before him are Geoffrey Chaucer, Richard II of England, and Nilüfer Hatun. After him are Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa, Rustichello da Pisa, Masamune, Baldus de Ubaldis, Peter of Dusburg, André Beauneveu, Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Dragoș, Voivode of Moldavia.

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In China

Among people born in China, Luo Guanzhong ranks 115 out of 1,610. Before him are Zhao Ziyang (1919), Li Xiannian (1909), Emperor Yang of Sui (569), Milarepa (1052), Hua Tuo (200), and Shen Kuo (1031). After him are Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan (1285), Zhou Yu (175), Emperor Xian of Han (181), Li Zicheng (1606), Khorloogiin Choibalsan (1895), and Zhang Qian (-200).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Luo Guanzhong ranks 8. Before him are Du Fu (712), Lu Xun (1881), Gao Xingjian (1940), Wu Cheng'en (1500), Qu Yuan (-343), and Mo Yan (1955). After him are Bai Juyi (772), Su Shi (1037), Kumārajīva (343), Faxian (340), Cao Xueqin (1724), and Ban Gu (32).

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