| 政治家 | zhèng zhì jiā | statesman / politician / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] |  |
| 政治人物 | zhèng zhì rén wù | political figure / politician / statesman | |
| 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 | |
| 鲁肃 | Lǔ Sù | Lu Su or Lu Zijing 魯子敬|鲁子敬 / (172-217), statesman, diplomat and strategist of Eastern Wu 東吳|东吴 | |
| 苏武 | Sū Wǔ | Su Wu (140-60 BC), Han Dynasty diplomat and statesman, regarded as a model of courage and faithful service | |
| 商鞅 | Shāng Yāng | Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝|秦朝[Qin2 chao2] | |
| 晏子 | Yàn zǐ | Yanzi (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States 齊國|齐国[Qi2 guo2], also known as 晏嬰|晏婴[Yan4 Ying1], hero of book 晏子春秋[Yan4 zi3 Chun1 qiu1] | |
| 贾谊 | Jiǎ Yì | Jia Yi (200-168 BC), Chinese poet and statesman of the Western Han Dynasty | |
| 蔺相如 | Lìn Xiāng rú | Ling Xiangru (dates unknown, 3rd century BC), famous statesman of Zhao 趙國|赵国 | |
| 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] | |
| 勃列日涅夫 | Bó liè rì niè fū | Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982), Soviet statesman, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR 1966-1982 | |
| 西门豹 | Xī Mén bào | Ximen Bao (active around 422 BC), statesman and hydraulic engineer of Wei 魏國|魏国[Wei4 guo2] | |
| 晏婴 | Yàn Yīng | Yan Ying (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States, also known as Yanzi 晏子[Yan4 zi3] , hero of book 晏子春秋[Yan4 zi3 Chun1 qiu1] | |
| 曹操 | Cáo Cāo | Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕 / the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 | |
| 名臣 | míng chén | important official or statesman (in feudal China) | |
| 司马昭 | Sī mǎ Zhāo | Sima Zhao (211-265), military general and statesman of Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] | |
| 哈米尔卡 | Hā mǐ ěr kǎ | Hamilcar (c. 270-228 BC), Carthaginian statesman and general | |
| 大西庇阿 | Dà xī bì ā | Scipio Africanus (235-183 BC), Roman general and statesman | |
| 子产 | Zǐ Chǎn | Zi Chan (?-522 BC), statesman and philosopher during the Spring and Autumn period | |
| 晏子春秋 | Yàn zǐ chūn qiū | Tales of Yanzi, book describing the life and wisdom of Yanzi 晏子 / (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States | |
| 晏平仲 | Yàn Píng zhòng | another name for Yan Ying 晏嬰|晏婴[Yan4 Ying1] or Yanzi 晏子[Yan4 zi3] (-500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States 齊國|齐国[Qi2 guo2] | |
| 李悝 | Lǐ Kuī | Li Kui (455-395 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of Wei state 魏國|魏国[Wei4 guo2] | |
| 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 | |
| 鲁子敬 | Lǔ Zǐ jìng | Lu Zijing or Lu Su 魯肅|鲁肃 / (172-217), statesman, diplomat and strategist of Eastern Wu 東吳|东吴 | |
| 耶律楚材 | Yē lu:4 Chǔ cái | Yelü / Chucai (1190-1244), Khitan statesman and advisor to Genghis Khan and Ögödei Khan, known for convincing the Mongols to tax the conquered population of the north China plains rather than slaughter it | |
| 斯坦福・莱佛士 | Sī tǎn fú · Lái fó shì | Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), British statesman and founder of the city of Singapore | |
| 莱佛士 | Lái fó shì | Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), British statesman and founder of the city of Singapore / surname Raffles | |
| 斯坦福·莱佛士 | Sī tǎn fú · Lái fó shì | Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), British statesman and founder of the city of Singapore | |
