Al-Ghazali vs Su Shi
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Compare the life timelines of Al-Ghazali (1058–1111) and Su Shi (1037–1101) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 43 years, from 1058 to 1101.
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Al-Ghazali (1058–1111)
- — Born in Tus, Khorasan Verified
- — Studied under al-Juwayni at the Nizamiyya of Nishapur Verified
- — Joined the court of the Seljuk vizier Nizam al-Mulk Verified
- — Appointed professor at the Nizamiyya madrasa of Baghdad Verified
- — Spiritual crisis and departure from Baghdad Verified
- — Completed 'The Incoherence of the Philosophers' Verified
- — Years of wandering and writing the 'Revival of the Religious Sciences' Verified
- — Returned to teaching at the Nizamiyya of Nishapur Verified
- — Died in Tus Verified
Su Shi (1037–1101)
- — Born in Meishan, Sichuan Verified
- — Passed the jinshi imperial examination with distinction Verified
- — Left the capital to serve in Hangzhou after opposing Wang Anshi's New Policies Verified
- — Arrested in the Crow Terrace Poetry Trial Verified
- — Exiled to Huangzhou, where he adopted the name Dongpo Verified
- — Composed the two Red Cliff rhapsodies Verified
- — Served as governor of Hangzhou and built the Su Causeway on West Lake Verified
- — Exiled to Huizhou in the far south Verified
- — Banished to Danzhou on Hainan Island Verified
- — Died in Changzhou while returning from exile Verified