| 作者 | zuò zhě | author / writer / CL:個|个[ge4] |   |
| 作家 | zuò jiā | author / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] | |
| 笔者 | bǐ zhě | the author / the writer | |
| 创作者 | chuàng zuò zhě | originator / creator / author (of some project) / inventor | |
| 撰稿人 | zhuàn gǎo rén | author (of a manuscript) | |
| 创办者 | chuàng bàn zhě | founder / creator / author | |
| 孙子 | Sūn zǐ | Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War&rdquo / 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1] | |
| 代表作 | dài biǎo zuò | representative work (of an author or artist) | |
| 原作 | yuán zuò | original works / original text / original author | |
| 庄子 | Zhuāng zǐ | Zhuangzi (369-286 BC), Daoist author | |
| 巴金 | Bā Jīn | Ba Jin (1904-2005), novelist, author of the trilogy 家春秋[Jia1 Chun1 Qiu1] | |
| 屈原 | Qū Yuán | Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 / Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞 | |
| 斯诺 | Sī nuò | Snow (name) / Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China | |
| 曹雪芹 | Cáo Xuě qín | Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4] | |
| 稿酬 | gǎo chóu | fee paid to an author for a piece of writing | |
| 达尔文 | Dá ěr wén | Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British biologist and author of "On the Origin of Species" 物種起源|物种起源[Wu3 zhong3 Qi3 yuan2] / Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory (Australia) 北領地|北领地[Bei3 Ling3 di4] | |
| 司马迁 | Sī mǎ Qiān | Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography | |
| 马歇尔 | Mǎ xiē ěr | Marshall (name) / George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959), US general in WWII and Secretary of State 1947-1949, author of the postwar Marshall plan for Europe and Nobel peace laureate | |
| 富兰克林 | Fù lán kè lín | Franklin / Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), US Founding Father, scientist and author / surname Franklin | |
| 托尔斯泰 | Tuō ěr sī tài | Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平 | |
| 但丁 | Dàn dīng | Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy 神曲 | |
| 司马光 | Sī mǎ Guāng | Sima Guang (1019-1086), politician and historian of Northern Song, author of Comprehensive Mirror for aid in Government 資治通鑒|资治通鉴 | |
| 庄周 | Zhuāng Zhōu | same as Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] (369-286 BC), Daoist author | |
| 李时珍 | Lǐ Shí zhēn | Li Shizhen (1518-1593), Ming botanist and pharmacologist, author of Compendium of Medical Herbs 本草綱目|本草纲目[Ben3 cao3 Gang1 mu4] | |
| 范仲淹 | Fàn Zhòng yān | Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song who led the failed reform of 1043, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 | |
| 徐霞客 | Xú Xiá kè | Xu Xiake (1587-1641), Ming dynasty travel writer and geographer, author of Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries 徐霞客遊記|徐霞客游记[Xu2 Xia2 ke4 You2 ji4] | |
| 巴尔扎克 | Bā ěr zhā kè | Honoré / de Balzac (1799-1850), French novelist, author of series La comédie humaine | |
| 死亡笔记 | sǐ wáng bǐ jì | Death note (Japanese: デスノート), translation of cult manga series by author ŌBA Tsugumi 大場鶇|大场鸫[Da4 chang3 Dong1] (pen-name) and illustrator OBATA Takeshi 小畑健[Xiao3 tian2 Jian4] | |
| 孙武 | Sūn Wǔ | Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War&rdquo / 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1] | |
| 姜子牙 | Jiāng Zǐ yá | Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2] and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings&rdquo / 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1] | |
| 伊索 | Yī suǒ | Aesop (trad. 620-560 BC), Greek slave and storyteller, supposed author of Aesop's fables | |
| 蒲松龄 | Pú Sōng líng | Pu Songling (1640-1715), author of 聊齋志異|聊斋志异[Liao2 zhai1 Zhi4 yi4] | |
| 吴承恩 | Wú Chéng ēn | Wu Cheng'en (1500-1582), author (or compiler) of novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 | |
| 丁玲 | Dīng Líng | Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River 太陽照在桑乾河上|太阳照在桑干河上, attacked during the 1950s as anti-Party | |
| 米尔顿 | Mǐ ěr dùn | Milton (name) / John Milton (1608-1674), English republican writer and poet, author of Paradise Lost | |
| 田汉 | Tián Hàn | Tian Han (1898-1968), author of the words of the PRC national anthem March of the Volunteer Army 義勇軍進行曲|义勇军进行曲 | |
| 罗贯中 | Luó Guàn zhōng | Luo Guanzhong (c. 1330-c. 1400), author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other works | |
| 列子 | Liè zǐ | Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國|战国[Zhan4 guo2] / Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉|魏晋[Wei4 Jin4] (3rd century AD) | |
| 冯骥才 | Féng Jì cái | Feng Jicai (1942-), novelist from Tianjin, author of Extraordinary people in our ordinary world 俗世奇人 | |
| 孙思邈 | Sūn Sī miǎo | Sun Simiao (c. 581-682), doctor and herbalist of the Sui and Tang dynasty, author of Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold 千金要方[Qian1 jin1 Yao4 fang1] | |
| 施耐庵 | Shī Nài ān | Shi Nai'an (1296-1371), author of Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4] | |
| 刘向 | Liú Xiàng | Liu Xiang (77-6 BC), Han Dynasty scholar and author | |
| 顾炎武 | Gù Yán wǔ | Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录 | |
| 沈括 | Shěn Kuò | Shen Kuo (1031-1095), Chinese polymath, scientist and statesman of Song dynasty, author of Dream Pool Essays 夢溪筆談|梦溪笔谈[Meng4 Xi1 Bi3 tan2] | |
| 托尔金 | Tuō ěr jīn | J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), British philologist and author of fantasy fiction such as Lord of the Rings 魔戒 | |
| 冯梦龙 | Féng Mèng lóng | Feng Menglong (1574-1646), late Ming dynasty novelist writing in colloquial (baihua), author of Stories Old and New 古今小說|古今小说[Gu3 jin1 Xiao3 shuo1] | |
| 笛卡儿 | Dí kǎ ér | René / Descartes (1596-1650), French philosopher and author of Discours de la méthode 方法論|方法论 | |
| 汤显祖 | Tāng Xiǎn zǔ | Tang Xianzu (1550-1616), Ming poet and dramatist, author of The Peony Pavilion 牡丹亭[Mu3 dan5 Ting2] | |
| 阿西莫夫 | A1 xī mò fū | Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), American author and biochemist | |
| 陈寿 | Chén Shòu | Chen Shou (233-297), Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] historian, author of History of the Three Kingdoms 三國志|三国志[San1 guo2 zhi4] | |
| 德沃夏克 | Dé wò xià kè | Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904), Bohemian composer, author of nine symphonies including the New World symphony | |
| 福楼拜 | fú lóu bài | Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), French realist novelist, author of Madame Bovary | |
| 易卜生 | Yì bǔ shēng | Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian dramatist, author of Doll's House 玩偶之家 | |
| 李约瑟 | Lǐ Yuē sè | Joseph Needham (1900-1995), British biochemist and author of Science and Civilization in China | |
| 萧乾 | Xiāo Qián | Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator | |
| 吴晗 | Wú Hán | Wu Han (1909-1969), historian, author of biography of Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, hounded to his death together with several members of his family during the cultural revolution | |
| 魏巍 | Wèi Wēi | Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The East 東方|东方 / about the Korean war | |
| 张纯如 | Zhāng Chún rú | Iris Chang (1968-2004), Chinese American historian and author of the Rape of Nanjing | |
| 高行健 | Gāo Xíng jiàn | Gao Xingjian (1940-), Chinese novelist and Nobel laureate, author of Soul Mountain 靈山|灵山 | |
| 吴敬梓 | Wú Jìng zǐ | Wu Jingzi (1701-1754), Qing dynasty novelist, author of The Scholars 儒林外史[Ru2 lin2 Wai4 shi3] | |
| 庾信 | Yǔ Xìn | Yu Xin (513-581), poet from Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝 / and author of Lament for the South 哀江南賦|哀江南赋 | |
| 欧几里得 | Oū jǐ lǐ dé | Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author Elements 幾何原本|几何原本 | |
| 周树人 | Zhōu Shù rén | Zhou Shuren, the real name of author Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4] | |
| 姚雪垠 | Yáo Xuě yín | Yao Xueyin (1910-1999), PRC novelist, author of historical novel Li Zicheng 李自成 | |
| 张若虚 | Zhāng Ruò xū | Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜 | |
| 无名氏 | wú míng shì | anonymous (e.g. author, donor etc) | |
| 维吉尔 | Wéi jí ěr | Virgil or Vergilius (70-19 BC), Roman poet and author of the Aeneid 埃涅阿斯紀|埃涅阿斯纪[Ai1 nie4 a1 si1 Ji4] | |
| 托勒密 | Tuō lè mì | Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC / Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成|天文学大成 / see also 托勒玫[Tuo1 le4 mei2] | |
| 乔叟 | Qiáo sǒu | Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集[Kan3 te4 bo2 lei2 Gu4 shi4 Ji2] | |
| 普鲁斯特 | Pǔ lǔ sī tè | Marcel Proust (1871-1922), French author | |
| 埃斯库罗斯 | Aī sī kù luó sī | Aeschylus (c. 524 BC -c. 455 BC), Greek tragedian, author of The Persians, Seven against Thebes etc | |
| 马可波罗 | Mǎ kě Bō luó | Marco Polo (1254-c. 1324), Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk road to China, author of Il Milione (Travels of Marco Polo) | |
| 奥威尔 | Aò wēi ěr | Orwell (name) / George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal Farm 動物農場|动物农场 / and 1984 一九八四年 | |
| 列夫·托尔斯泰 | liè fū · tuō ěr sī tài | Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平 | |
| 罗琳 | Luó lín | Rowling (name) / Joanne Kathleen Rowling (1965-), author of the Harry Potter series of novels | |
| 陈仁锡 | Chén Rén xī | Chen Renxi (1581-1636), late Ming scholar and prolific author | |
| 果戈里 | Guǒ gē lǐ | Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852), Russian author and dramatist | |
| 柏辽兹 | Bó liáo zī | Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique | |
| 韩素音 | Hán Sù yīn | Han Suyin (1917-2012), Eurasian physician and author | |
| 金庸 | Jīn Yōng | Jin Yong, pen name of Louis Cha (1924-2018), wuxia 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2] novelist, author of the 1957-1961 Condor Trilogy | |
| 孔尚任 | Kǒng Shàng rèn | Kong Shangren (1648-1718), Qing dramatist and poet, author of The Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇[Tao2 hua1 Shan4] | |
| 李靖 | Lǐ Jìng | Li Jing (570-649 AD), Tang Dynasty general and purported author of "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李衛公問對|唐太宗李卫公问对[Tang2 Tai4 zong1 Li3 Wei4 Gong1 Wen4 dui4], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1] | |
| 司马辽太郎 | Sī mǎ Liáo tài láng | SHIBA Ryotarō / (1923-1996), Japanese author of historical novels | |
| 魏伯阳 | wèi bó yáng | Wei Boyang (c. 100-170), Chinese author and alchemist | |
| 三岛由纪夫 | Sān dǎo Yóu jì fū | Mishima Yukio (1925-1970), Japanese author, pen name of (平岡公威|平冈公威, Hiraoka Kimitake) | |
| 叁浦·梅园 | | MIURA Baien (1723-1789), Japanese neo-Confucian philosopher and pioneer economist, author of The Origin of value 價原|价原 | |
| 作者不详 | zuò zhě bù xiáng | anonymous author | |
| 作者未详 | zuò zhě wèi xiáng | anonymous author | |
| 列夫·托尔斯泰 | | Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev Nikolayevich Tostoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平 | |
| 刘熙 | Liú Xī | Liu Xi (late Han, c. 200 AD), possibly the author of 釋名|释名[Shi4 ming2] | |
| 刘鹗 | Liú E4 | Liu E (1857-1909), late Qing novelist, author of 老殘遊記|老残游记[Lao3 Can2 You2 ji4] | |
| 史景迁 | Shǐ Jǐng qiān | Jonathan D Spence (1936-), distinguished British US historian of China, author of The Search for Modern China 追尋現代中國|追寻现代中国[Zhui1 xun2 Xian4 dai4 Zhong1 guo2] | |
| 司马穰苴 | Sī mǎ Ráng jū | Sima Rangju (c. 800 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), military strategist of the Qi State 齊國|齐国[Qi2 guo2] and author of “Methods of Sima&rdquo / 司馬法|司马法[Si1 ma3 Fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1] | |
| 吴任臣 | Wú Rèn chén | Wu Renchen (1628-1689), Qing dynasty polymath and historian, author of History of Ten States of South China 十國春秋|十国春秋 | |
| 吴趼人 | Wú Jiǎn rén | Wu Jianren (1867-1910), late Qing dynasty novelist, author of The strange state of the world witnessed over 20 years 二十年目睹之怪現狀|二十年目睹之怪现状 | |
| 夏敬渠 | Xià Jìng qú | Xia Jingqu (1705-1787), Qing novelist, author of monumental novel 野叟曝言[Ye3 sou3 Pu4 yan2] Humble Words of a Rustic Elder | |
| 夏洛特·勃良特 | | Charlotte Brontë / (1816-1855), English novelist, eldest of three Brontë / sisters, author of Jane Eyre 簡·愛|简·爱 | |
| 夏黄公 | Xià Huáng gōng | Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黃石公|黄石公[Huang2 Shi2 gong1] (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] and purported author of “Three Strategies of Huang Shigong&rdquo / 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[Huang2 Shi2 gong1 San1 lu:e4], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1] | |
| 大场·鸫 | | OHBA Tsugumi (pen-name), author of cult series Death Note 死亡筆記|死亡笔记 | |
| 大卫·艾登堡 | | David Attenborough (1926-), British naturalist and broadcaster, author of Life on Earth 地球上的生物[di4 qiu2 shang4 de5 sheng1 wu4] | |
