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Pu Songling

1640 - 1715

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Pu Songling (Chinese: 蒲松齡, 5 June 1640 – 25 February 1715) was a Chinese writer during the Qing dynasty, best known as the author of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (Liaozhai zhiyi). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pu Songling is the 904th most popular writer (up from 1,074th in 2019), the 240th most popular biography from China (up from 302nd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Chinese Writer.

Pu Songling is most famous for his work "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio."

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pu Songling ranks 904 out of 7,302. Before him are Hans Fallada, Maurice Druon, Neale Donald Walsch, Dobrica Ćosić, Theodor Fontane, and Ernest Thompson Seton. After him are Eleanor Marx, Wilkie Collins, Władysław Tarnowski, Leconte de Lisle, Samuel Richardson, and Adunis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1640, Pu Songling ranks 6. Before him are Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, Man in the Iron Mask, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan, and Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki. After him are La Voisin, Gaspar Sanz, Aphra Behn, Antoine Coysevox, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, and Yohannes I. Among people deceased in 1715, Pu Songling ranks 10. Before him are Gülnuş Sultan, Dom Pérignon, William Dampier, Antoine Galland, Marie Mancini, and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp. After him are Thomas Savery, Mirwais Hotak, François Girardon, Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Pierre Magnol, and Nicolas Lemery.

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In China

Among people born in China, Pu Songling ranks 240 out of 1,610. Before him are Abaoji (872), Wong Kar-wai (1958), Ban Chao (32), Kang Youwei (1858), Jack Ma (1964), and Emperor Ming of Han (28). After him are Zaifeng, Prince Chun (1883), Zhang Liang (-290), Bi Sheng (990), Emperor Taizu of Jin (1068), Heshen (1750), and Emperor Suzong of Tang (711).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Pu Songling ranks 20. Before him are Ban Gu (32), Tao Yuanming (365), Wang Wei (699), Jin Yong (1924), Zhang Sanfeng (1200), and Kang Youwei (1858). After him are Ouyang Xiu (1007), Cai Yan (177), Lin Yutang (1895), Shi Nai'an (1296), Lu You (1125), and Meng Haoran (690).

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