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May you live in interesting times

apocryphal purported Chinese curse
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May you live in interesting times

Summary

May you live in interesting times is a redewendung[1]. It draws 656 Wikipedia views per month (redewendung category, ranking #6 of 38).[2]

Key Facts

  • May you live in interesting times's instance of is recorded as redewendung[3].
  • May you live in interesting times's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02d0b4[4].

Why It Matters

May you live in interesting times draws 656 Wikipedia views per month (redewendung category, ranking #6 of 38).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). May you live in interesting times. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/may-you-live-in-interesting-times
MLA “May you live in interesting times.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/may-you-live-in-interesting-times.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_may-you-live-in-interesting-times_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{May you live in interesting times}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/may-you-live-in-interesting-times}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): May you live in interesting times — https://4ort.xyz/entity/may-you-live-in-interesting-times (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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