| 思想家 | sī xiǎng jiā | thinker |  |
| 孔子 | Kǒng zǐ | Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3] | |
| 孔夫子 | Kǒng fū zǐ | Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子[Kong3 zi3] | |
| 先哲 | xiān zhé | distinguished precursor / famous thinker of antiquity |  |
| 魏源 | Wèi Yuán | Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar | |
| 公孙龙 | Gōng sūn Lóng | Gongsun Long (c. 325-250 BC), leading thinker of the School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) | |
| 故作深沉 | gù zuò shēn chén | to play the profound thinker | |
| 申不害 | Shēn Bù hài | Shen Buhai (385-337 BC), legalist political thinker | |
