Who Was Alive

Were Zhu Xi and Saladin alive at the same time?

Yes. Zhu Xi and Saladin were alive at the same time for 54 or 55 years, from 1138 to 1193.

Zhu Xi was 7 or 8 when Saladin was born.

Zhu Xi was 62 when Saladin died, aged 54 or 55.

Zhu Xi

Chinese historian, neo-Confucian philosopher, poet, and politician during the Song dynasty

Born 18 October 1130 · died 23 April 1200, aged 69

Saladin

Sultan of Egypt and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty

Born 1138 · died 4 March 1193, aged 54 or 55

  1. Omar Khayyám
  2. Hildegard of Bingen
  3. Averroes
  4. Zhu Xi
  5. Saladin
  6. Genghis Khan
  7. Francis of Assisi
Zhu Xi and Saladin in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.