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Zhao Rukuo

1170 - 1228

Zhao Rukuo

Zhao Rukuo (simplified Chinese: 赵汝适; traditional Chinese: 趙汝适; pinyin: Zhào Rǔkuò; 1170–1231), also romanised as Zhao Rugua, Chau Ju-kua, or misread as Zhao Rushi, was a Chinese government official and writer during the Song dynasty. He wrote a two-volume book titled Zhu Fan Zhi. The book deals with the world known to the Chinese in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries; the first volume is a list of foreign places with descriptions of each place and the customs of its local people. The second volume is a catalog of trade goods. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zhao Rukuo is the 390th most popular historian (up from 469th in 2019), the 870th most popular biography from China (up from 949th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Chinese Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Zhao Rukuo ranks 390 out of 561. Before him are Fritz Stern, Cadmus of Miletus, Domenico Losurdo, Jan T. Gross, Ronald Syme, and Ehsan Yarshater. After him are Olena Apanovych, Joan Wallach Scott, Volodymyr Ivanovych Barvinok, Hugo Falcandus, Constantine Paparrigopoulos, and Florian Cajori.

Most Popular Historians in Wikipedia

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Fritz Stern
1926 - 2016
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 384
Cadmus of Miletus
500 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 385
Domenico Losurdo
1941 - 2018
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 386
Jan T. Gross
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 387
Ronald Syme
1903 - 1989
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 388
Ehsan Yarshater
1920 - 2018
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 389
Zhao Rukuo
1170 - 1228
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 390
Olena Apanovych
1919 - 2000
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 391
Joan Wallach Scott
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 392
Volodymyr Ivanovych Barvinok
1879 - 1943
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 393
Hugo Falcandus
1200 - 1200
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 394
Constantine Paparrigopoulos
1815 - 1891
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 395
Florian Cajori
1859 - 1930
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 396

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1170, Zhao Rukuo ranks 23. Before him are Henry I, Count of Anhalt, Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, Conrad of Urach, Gaucelm Faidit, Robert de Clari, and Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier. After him is Oliver of Paderborn. Among people deceased in 1228, Zhao Rukuo ranks 8. Before him are Isabella II of Jerusalem, Stefan the First-Crowned, Maria of Courtenay, Mstislav Mstislavich, Stephen Langton, and Aimeric de Peguilhan.

Others Born in 1170

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Henry I, Count of Anhalt
NOBLEMAN
1170 - 1252
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 17
Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada
POLITICIAN
1170 - 1247
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 18
Conrad of Urach
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1170 - 1227
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 19
Gaucelm Faidit
NOBLEMAN
1170 - 1202
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 20
Robert de Clari
WRITER
1170 - 1216
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 21
Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier
WRITER
1170 - 1242
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 22
Zhao Rukuo
HISTORIAN
1170 - 1228
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 23
Oliver of Paderborn
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1170 - 1227
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 24