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Tang Xianzu

1550 - 1616

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Tang Xianzu (traditional Chinese: 湯顯祖; simplified Chinese: 汤显祖; September 24, 1550 – July 29, 1616), courtesy name Yireng (義仍), was a Chinese playwright of the Ming Dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tang Xianzu is the 2,454th most popular writer (up from 2,773rd in 2019), the 629th most popular biography from China (up from 699th in 2019) and the 65th most popular Chinese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tang Xianzu ranks 2,454 out of 7,302. Before him are Fritz Leiber, Israel Zolli, Lytton Strachey, Samael Aun Weor, Maria Skobtsova, and Pavel Kohout. After him are James M. Cain, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, William Auld, Alex Haley, Caesarius of Heisterbach, and Apollonius Dyscolus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Tang Xianzu ranks 22. Before him are Jacobus Gallus, Emilio de' Cavalieri, Chand Bibi, Michael Maestlin, False Dmitry III, and Damat Ibrahim Pasha. After him are John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Marie Eleonore of Cleves, Francisco Sanches, Abu Abdallah Mohammed II Saadi, Orazio Vecchi, and Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha. Among people deceased in 1616, Tang Xianzu ranks 14. Before him are John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Andreas Libavius, Magdalene of Brandenburg, Simeon Bekbulatovich, Johannes Fabricius, and Kuzma Minin. After him are Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt, Francis Beaumont, Matthias de l'Obel, Richard Hakluyt, Vitsentzos Kornaros, and Cornelis Ketel.

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In China

Among people born in China, Tang Xianzu ranks 629 out of 1,610. Before him are Konstantin Rodzaevsky (1907), Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei (408), Ding Ruchang (1836), Du Yuesheng (1888), Gu Yanwu (1613), and Lie Yukou (-449). After him are Cai Yuanpei (1868), Li Kui (-500), Bo Yibo (1908), Boris Blacher (1903), Yi-Fu Tuan (1930), and Li Hongzhi (1951).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Tang Xianzu ranks 65. Before him are Ding Ling (1904), Li Yu (1610), Sakya Pandita (1182), Zhou Daguan (1266), Tian Han (1898), and Gu Yanwu (1613). After him are Sogyal Rinpoche (1947), Song Yingxing (1587), Luo Yixiu (1889), Guan Daosheng (1262), Jung Chang (1952), and Han Suyin (1917).

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