Who Was Alive

Were Zhu Xi and Genghis Khan alive at the same time?

Yes. Zhu Xi and Genghis Khan were alive at the same time for 37 years, from 1162 to 1200.

Zhu Xi was 31 when Genghis Khan was born.

Genghis Khan was 37 when Zhu Xi died, aged 69.

Zhu Xi

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

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

Genghis Khan

Founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire

Born 31 May 1162 · died 25 August 1227, aged 65

  1. Omar Khayyám
  2. Averroes
  3. Zhu Xi
  4. Saladin
  5. Genghis Khan
  6. Francis of Assisi
  7. Rumi
  8. Thomas Aquinas
Zhu Xi and Genghis Khan 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.