Notable people
10 peopleFigures with the most linked events, works and records.
Scholars
Educator
People who taught, founded academies and schools and handed on learning
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Mural guide
In a courtyard in autumn, an old gold-leaved ginkgo tree shades several low desks with open books, each beside a straw mat and cushion, while three children carrying book satchels enter at the gate; a lake and blue hills lie beyond the wall.
Educators are people whose main work was teaching, founding schools and training others: scholars who set up teaching platforms and academies, and in modern times those who founded and led new-style schools. Their achievement shows in their students, rules and school systems. They differ from thinkers and historians in being defined by teaching and school-building.
People in this role
- Confucius (Kongzi)551 BCE–479 BCE
- You RuoDates unknown; late Spring and Autumn; the Shiji says he was 43 years younger than Confucius
- Zengzic. 505 BCE–c. 435 BCE
- Mencius (Mengzi)c. 372 BCE–c. 289 BCE
- Xu Shenc. 58 CE–c. 147 CE
- Ma Rong79 - 166
- Zheng Xuan127 - 200
- Guan Ning158–241 CE
- Yan Zhitui531 CE–death unknown (Kaihuang era)
- Cheng Hao1032 CE–1085 CE
- Cheng Yi1033 CE–1107 CE
- Yang Shi1053 CE–1135 CE
- Zhu Xi1130 CE–1200 CE
- Zhang Shi1133 CE–1180 CE
- Lu Jiuyuan1139 CE–1193 CE
- Zhu ShijieDates unknown; works printed in 1299 and 1303
- Chen Xianzhang1428 - 1500
- Gu Xiancheng1550–1612 CE
- Yao Nai1731 - 1815
- Li Shanlan1811 CE–1882 CE
- Yung Wing1828 CE–1912 CE
- Hua Hengfang1833 CE–1902 CE
- Zeng Zhimin1879 CE–1929 CE
- Zhang Xichun1860 CE–1933 CE
- Cai Yuanpei1868 CE–1940 CE
No people in this role for that dynasty.