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Wang Guowei

1877 - 1927

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Wang Guowei (Chinese: 王國維; 2 December 1877 – 2 June 1927) or Wang Kuo-wei, courtesy name Jing'an (靜安) or Boyu (伯隅), was a Chinese historian and poet. A versatile scholar, he made important contributions to the studies of ancient history, epigraphy, philology, vernacular literature and literary theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wang Guowei is the 4,714th most popular writer (down from 4,600th in 2019), the 881st most popular biography from China (up from 886th in 2019) and the 106th most popular Chinese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wang Guowei ranks 4,714 out of 7,302. Before her are Vladimir Gilyarovsky, François Tristan l'Hermite, Panas Myrny, Yoshiki Tanaka, Reiner Kunze, and Benoîte Groult. After her are Jan Kjærstad, Miljenko Jergović, Valentín Paz-Andrade, František Langer, Eleanor Farjeon, and Saadat Hasan Manto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Wang Guowei ranks 143. Before her are Winifred McNair, W. D. Ross, Aleksandr Khanzhonkov, Liao Zhongkai, Léon Sée, and René Navarre. After her are Dudley Pound, Elsa Laula Renberg, Charles Collignon, Abelardo Olivier, Andrejs Upīts, and Miltiadis Gouskos. Among people deceased in 1927, Wang Guowei ranks 115. Before her are János Csernoch, Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, Fernand de Langle de Cary, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, and Ricardo Güiraldes. After her are Sam Warner, Otto Blehr, Leonard Nelson, Feliciano Viera, Marie Spartali Stillman, and Kenjirō Tokutomi.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wang Guowei ranks 881 out of 1,610. Before her are Tian Zhuangzhuang (1952), Guo Boxiong (1942), Zhou Fang (730), Huang Ju (1938), Chen Zi'ang (661), and Lou Tseng-Tsiang (1871). After her are Xie Jin (1923), Hau Pei-tsun (1919), Wu Xueqian (1921), Luo Ronghuan (1902), Jia Zhangke (1970), and Chi Haotian (1929).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Wang Guowei ranks 106. Before her are Dai Sijie (1954), Zhang Jie (1937), Wen Yiduo (1899), Mervyn Peake (1911), Taranatha (1575), and Chen Zi'ang (661). After her are Zhu Ziqing (1898), Bing Xin (1900), Lin Shu (1852), John Hersey (1914), Fang Fang (1955), and Ingrid Noll (1935).

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