Most Famous Chinese Academics

China has produced 84 notable academics throughout history, led by Confucius. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Category All
Citizenship All
C
Confucius Chinese Philosopher -551 – -479
# 383
ZZ
Zhuang Zhou Chinese Philosopher -369 – -286
# 3,095
SQ
Sima Qian Chinese Historian -145 – -86
# 5,284
ZX
Zhu Xi Chinese Philosopher 1130 – 1200
# 6,190
LQ
Liang Qichao Chinese Scholar 1873 – 1929
# 9,046
KY
Kang Youwei Chinese Philosopher 1858 – 1927
# 10,023
WY
Wang Yangming Chinese Philosopher 1472 – 1529
# 11,570
K
Kumārajīva Chinese Scholar 343 – 413
# 17,803
ZH
Zhang Heng Chinese Cartographer 78 – 139
# 22,479
SG
Sima Guang Chinese Historian 1019 – 1086
# 25,263
GH
Ge Hong Chinese Philosopher 284 – 364
# 25,373
BZ
Ban Zhao Chinese Historian 45 – 116
# 35,198
DZ
Dong Zhongshu Chinese Philosopher -179 – -104
# 37,882
WC
Wang Chong Chinese Philosopher 27 – 97
# 41,376
LZ
Li Zhi (philosopher) Chinese Philosopher 1527 – 1602
# 52,015
WF
Wang Fuzhi Chinese Philosopher 1619 – 1692
# 52,957
NH
Nan Huai-Chin Chinese Teacher 1918 – 2012
# 56,393
FY
Feng Youlan Chinese Historian 1895 – 1990
# 57,378
HX
Huangbo Xiyun Chinese Philosopher ? – 850
# 59,644
ZG
Zeng Gong Chinese Scholar 1019 – 1083
# 66,594