| 改革者 | gǎi gé zhě | reformer |  |
| 改革家 | gǎi gé jiā | reformer | |
| 康有为 | Kāng Yǒu wéi | Kang Youwei (1858-1927), Confucian intellectual, educator and would-be reformer, main leader of the failed reform movement of 1898 | |
| 加尔文 | Jiā ěr wén | Calvin (1509-1564), French protestant reformer | |
| 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 | |
| 陶行知 | Táo Xíng zhī | Tao Xingzhi (1891-1946), Chinese educator and reformer | |
| 边沁 | Biān qìn | Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer | |
