| 编辑 | biān jí | to edit / to compile / editor / compiler |   |
| 编译器 | biān yì qì | compiler | |
| 编者 | biān zhě | editor / compiler | |
| 编辑家 | biān jí jiā | editor / compiler | |
| 沈约 | Shěn Yuē | Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書|宋书 | |
| 刘义庆 | Liú Yì qìng | Liu Yiqing (403-444), writer of South Song Dynasty, compiler and editor of A New Account of the Tales of the World 世說新語|世说新语[Shi4 shuo1 Xin1 yu3] | |
| 房玄龄 | Fáng Xuán líng | Fang Xuanling (579-648), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Jin dynasty 晉書|晋书[Jin4 shu1] | |
| 令狐德棻 | Líng hú Dé fēn | Linghu Defen (583-666), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Zhou of the Northern dynasties 周書|周书 | |
| 姚思廉 | Yáo Sī lián | Yao Silian (557-637), Tang writer and compiler of 梁書|梁书[Liang2 shu1] and 陳書|陈书[Chen2 shu1] | |
| 孙诛 | Sūn Zhū | Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[Tang2 shi1 San1 bai3 Shou3] / also known by assumed name 蘅塘退士[Heng2 tang2 Tui4 shi4] | |
| 张揖 | Zhāng Yī | Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让[Zhi4 rang4], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅[Guang3 ya3] and several lost works | |
| 李延寿 | Lǐ Yán shòu | Li Yanshou (fl. 650), compiler of History of the Southern 南史 / and Northern Dynasties 北史 | |
| 李百药 | Lǐ Bǎi yào | Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Qi of the Northern dynasties 北齊書|北齐书 | |
| 沈莹 | Shěn yíng | Shen Ying of Wu, governor (268-280) of coastal province of Wu and compiler of Seaboard Geographic Gazetteer 臨海水土誌|临海水土志 | |
| 萧子显 | Xiāo Zǐ xiǎn | Xiao Zixian (487-537), writer and historian of Liang of Southern Dynasties, compiler of History of Qi of the Southern dynasties 南齊書|南齐书[Nan2 Qi2 shu1] | |
| 薛居正 | Xuē Jū zhèng | Xue Juzheng (912-981), Song historian and compiler of History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song 舊五代史|旧五代史 | |
| 蘅塘退士 | Héng táng Tuì shì | assumed name of Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛[Sun1 Zhu1] (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[Tang2 shi1 San1 bai3 Shou3] | |
| 许慎 | Xǔ Shèn | Xu Shen (-147) the compiler of the original Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字|说文解字[Shuo1 wen2 Jie3 zi4] | |
| 金富轼 | Jīn Fù shì | Kim Busik (1075-1151), court historian of the Korean Georyo dynasty 高麗|高丽[Gao1 li2], compiler of History of Three Kingdoms 三國史記|三国史记[San1 guo2 shi3 ji4] | |
| 魏收 | Wèi Shōu | Wei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of Northern dynasty Qi 北齊|北齐[Bei3 Qi2], compiler of History of Wei of the Northern dynasties 魏書|魏书[Wei4 shu1] | |
