| 倡导者 | chàng dǎo zhě | proponent / advocate / pioneer |   |
| 捍卫者 | hàn wèi zhě | proponent / supporter / upholder | |
| 提倡者 | tí chàng zhě | proponent / advocate / pioneer | |
| 倡导 | chàng dǎo | to advocate / to initiate / to propose / to be a proponent of (an idea or school of thought) | |
| 元勋 | yuán xūn | leading light / founding father / principal proponent | |
| 胡适 | Hú Shì | Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文[bai2 hua4 wen2] | |
| 张溥 | Zhāng Pǔ | Ming dynasty scholar (1602-1641), prolific writer, proponent of the Fushe 復社|复社[Fu4she4] cultural renewal movement, author of Five Men’s Tombstone Inscription 五人墓碑記|五人墓碑记[Wu3 Ren2 Mu4bei1ji4] | |
| 圣德太子 | Shèng dé Tài zǐ | Prince Shōtoku Taiji (574-621), major Japanese statesman and reformer of the Asuka period 飛鳥時代|飞鸟时代[Fei1 niao3 Shi2 dai4], proponent of state Buddhism, portrayed as Buddhist saint | |
