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Wang Wei

699 - 759

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Wang Wei (Traditional Chinese: 王維; Simplified Chinese: 王维, pinyin: Wáng Wéi, 699–761) was a Chinese musician, painter, poet, and politician of the middle Tang dynasty. He is regarded as one of the most distinguished men of arts and letters of his era. About 400 of his poems survived and 29 of them are included in the 18th-century anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems. A large portion of his finest poems drew inspirations from the local landscape. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wang Wei is the 792nd most popular writer (down from 586th in 2019), the 204th most popular biography from China (down from 162nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Chinese Writer.

Wang Wei is most famous for his poetry.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wang Wei ranks 792 out of 7,302. Before him are Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Gnaeus Naevius, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Tao Yuanming, Jan Potocki, and Edward Bernays. After him are Nonnus, Milorad Pavić, Dionysius Thrax, Marilyn vos Savant, Ryszard Kapuściński, and Bar Hebraeus.

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Among people born in 699, Wang Wei ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 759, Wang Wei ranks 1. After him are Yusuf ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri, Saint Othmar, and Oswulf of Northumbria.

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    Wang Wei

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    699 - 759

    HPI: 69.61

    Rank: 1

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In China

Among people born in China, Wang Wei ranks 204 out of 1,610. Before him are Longqing Emperor (1537), Li Peng (1928), King Zhou of Shang (-1105), Li Keqiang (1955), Zhang Liao (169), and Tao Yuanming (365). After him are Yesün Temür (1293), Zu Chongzhi (429), Xiahou Dun (155), Wang Zhaojun (-50), Chien-Shiung Wu (1912), and Emperor Wen of Han (-202).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Wang Wei ranks 16. Before him are Su Shi (1037), Kumārajīva (343), Faxian (340), Cao Xueqin (1724), Ban Gu (32), and Tao Yuanming (365). After him are Jin Yong (1924), Zhang Sanfeng (1200), Kang Youwei (1858), Pu Songling (1640), Ouyang Xiu (1007), and Cai Yan (177).

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