Who Was Alive

Zhu Xi

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

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

Who was alive at the same time as Zhu Xi?

  1. Omar Khayyám
  2. Peter Abelard
  3. Bernard of Clairvaux
  4. Hildegard of Bingen
  5. Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti
  6. Frederick Barbarossa
  7. Averroes
  8. Zhu Xi
  9. Moshe ben Maimon
  10. Saladin
  11. Nizami Ganjavi
  12. Richard I of England
  13. Innocent III
  14. Genghis Khan
  15. John, King of England
  16. Shota Rustaveli
  17. Francis of Assisi
  18. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Zhu Xi was born, Averroes was 4, Peter Abelard was 50 or 51 and Frederick Barbarossa was 7.

When Zhu Xi died, Genghis Khan was 37, Shota Rustaveli was 27 or 28, John, King of England was 33 and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 5.

Born during Zhu Xi’s lifetime: Genghis Khan, Saladin, Francis of Assisi, Richard I of England, Moshe ben Maimon, Shota Rustaveli, Innocent III and John, King of England.

Not quite contemporaries: Rumi was born 7 years after Zhu Xi died, Saadi was born 8 years after Zhu Xi died and Louis IX of France was born 14 years after Zhu Xi died.

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