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Song Yingxing

1587 - 1666

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Song Yingxing (Traditional Chinese: 宋應星; Simplified Chinese: 宋应星; Wade Giles: Sung Ying-Hsing; 1587–1666 AD) was a Chinese scientist and encyclopedist who lived during the late Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). He was the author of Tiangong Kaiwu, an encyclopedia that covered a wide variety of technical subjects, including the use of gunpowder weapons. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Song Yingxing is the 2,538th most popular writer (up from 2,846th in 2019), the 646th most popular biography from China (up from 707th in 2019) and the 67th most popular Chinese Writer.

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Among writers, Song Yingxing ranks 2,538 out of 7,302. Before him are Cyprian Norwid, Lars Saabye Christensen, Mariama Bâ, Kjeld Abell, Đura Jakšić, and Michel Zevaco. After him are Donald Adamson, Gustave Aimard, Théophile de Viau, Petter Dass, Amélie Nothomb, and Kamalaśīla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1587, Song Yingxing ranks 13. Before him are Stefano Landi, Esaias van de Velde, Virginia Centurione Bracelli, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Magdalene of Bavaria, and Johannes Fabricius. After him are Claes Jansz. Visscher, Virginia Dare, Yun Seondo, and Khusrau Mirza. Among people deceased in 1666, Song Yingxing ranks 11. Before him are Guercino, François Mansart, Luisa de Guzmán, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti. After him are Senhime, Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma, Gysbert Japiks, Albert Eckhout, and Pier Francesco Mola.

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In China

Among people born in China, Song Yingxing ranks 646 out of 1,610. Before him are Xia Gui (1195), Ma Huan (1380), Pan Yuliang (1895), Sogyal Rinpoche (1947), Bo Gu (1907), and Kenneth Tsang (1935). After him are James Tien (1942), Zhu of Xia (null), Zhang Zeduan (1085), Pei Songzhi (372), Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (1938), and Luo Yixiu (1889).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Song Yingxing ranks 67. Before him are Sakya Pandita (1182), Zhou Daguan (1266), Tian Han (1898), Gu Yanwu (1613), Tang Xianzu (1550), and Sogyal Rinpoche (1947). After him are Luo Yixiu (1889), Guan Daosheng (1262), Jung Chang (1952), Han Suyin (1917), Xue Tao (768), and Sima Tan (-165).

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