List of Chinese writers
This is a list of Chinese writers.
Chronological list
Qin dynasty and before
- Gan De
- Gongsun Long
- Kong Qiu
- Li Kui
- Lu Jia
- Han Fei
- Mengzi
- Mozi
- Qu Yuan
- Shang Yang
- Shen Dao
- Shen Buhai
- Shi Shen
- Song Yu
- Sunzi
- Sun Bin
- Wu Qi
- Xunzi
- Zisi
- Zengzi
- Zhuangzi
Han dynasty and following
- Ban Biao
- Ban Gu
- Ban Zhao
- Cao Cao
- Cao Pi
- Cao Zhi
- Cai Yan
- Cai Yong
- Chen Shou
- Dong Zhongshu
- Fan Ye
- Ge Hong
- Guo Pu
- Han Lanying
- Jing Fang
- Li Delin
- Lu Ji
- Liu Hui
- Liu Xie
- Liu Xin
- Liu Xiang
- Ma Rong
- Ruan Ji
- Shen Yue
- Sima Qian
- Sima Xiangru
- Su Hui
- Su Xiaoxiao
- Sunzi
- Tao Yuanming
- Wang Bi
- Wang Chong
- Wang Xizhi
- Wang Xianzhi
- Wei Shou
- Wei Shuo
- Wei Boyang
- Wei Huacun
- Xi Kang
- Xie Daoyun
- Xie Lingyun
- Xie He
- Yan Zhitui
- Yu Huan
- Yang Xiong
- Zu Chongzhi
- Zu Geng
- Zhong Yao
- Zhong Hui
- Zheng Xuan
- Zhang Zhi
- Zhang Heng
Tang dynasty and following
- Bai Juyi
- Bianji
- Chu Suiliang
- Chen Zi'ang
- Cui Hao
- Du Fu
- Du Huan
- Du Mu
- Du You
- Duan Chengshi
- Fang Xuanling
- Fenggan
- He Zhizhang
- Han Yu
- Hanshan
- Huaisu
- Jia Dao
- Mo Xuanqing
- Meng Haoran
- Li Ao
- Li He
- Li Yu
- Li Bai
- Li Qiao
- Li Jing
- Li Baiyao
- Li Dashi
- Li Shangyin
- Li Shizhi
- Li Chunfeng
- Liu Zhiji
- Liu Zhi
- Liu Yuxi
- Liu Zongyuan
- Liu Gongquan
- Lu Guimeng
- Lu Tong
- Luo Yin
- Luo Binwang
- Ouyang Xun
- Pi Rixiu
- Shide
- Sun Simiao
- Sun Guoting
- Sima Zhen
- Wang Bo
- Wang Wei
- Wang Changling
- Wang Fanzhi
- Wei Zheng
- Wei Zhuang
- Xue Juzheng
- Xue Tao
- Yu Xuanji
- Yu Shinan
- Yi Xing
- Yan Shigu
- Yan Zhenqing
- Yuan Zhen
- Zhang Ji
- Zhang Yanyuan
- Zhang Yaotiao
- Zhang Xu
Song dynasty and following
- Bai Renfu
- Cai Xiang
- Cheng Yi
- Fan Chengda
- Guan Hanqing
- Guo Shoujing
- Hu Sanxing
- Huang Tingjian
- Li Fang
- Li Qingzhao
- Liu Bowen
- Liu Yong
- Luo Guanzhong
- Lu You
- Lu Zhi
- Ma Zhiyuan
- Ma Duanlin
- Mi Fu
- Ouyang Xiu
- Qiao Ji
- Qu You
- Qin Jiushao
- Su Shi
- Su Song
- Shi Naian
- Shao Yong
- Shen Kuo
- Sima Guang
- Wen Tianxiang
- Wang Shifu
- Wang Anshi
- Wang Chongyang
- Wuzhun Shifan
- Xu Zaisi
- Xin Qiji
- Ye Shi
- Yu Hao
- Yang Hui
- Zhao Luanluan
- Zhao Mengfu
- Zhu Yu
- Zhou Dunyi
- Zeng Gong
- Zhu Shijie
- Zhu Xi
- Zhang Sixun
- Zhang Zai
Ming dynasty
- Dong Qichang
- Feng Menglong
- Gao Lian
- Hong Zicheng
- Huang Ruheng
- Jin Shengtan
- Jiao Yu
- Li Zhi
- Li Shizhen
- Liu Tong
- Ling Mengchu
- Shi Kefa
- Shen Zhou
- Song Yingxing
- Tang Xianzu
- Wu Cheng'en
- Wen Zhengming
- Wen Zhenheng
- Wang Fuzhi
- Wang Yangming
- Wang Zhen
- Xu Wei
- Xu Guangqi
- Xu Xiake
- Xu Yihua
- Yuan Hongdao
- Zhan Ruoshui
- Zhang Tingyu
Qing dynasty
- Bada Shanren
- Chen Hongmou
- Cao Xueqin
- Dai Xi
- Dai Zhen
- Fu Shanxiang
- He Changling
- Hong Liangji
- Huang Zongxi
- Huang Zunxian
- Jiang Tingxi
- Kang Youwei
- Li Yu
- Li Shanlan
- Lu Haodong
- Lin Shu
- Liu E
- Liang Qichao
- Pu Songling
- Sha Menghai
- Tan Sitong
- Tang Zhen
- Wu Jiaji
- Wu Jingzi
- Wei Yuan
- Wang Zhen
- Wang Guowei
- Yan Fu
- Yun Zhu
- Yang Borun
- Yu Zhengxie
- Yuan Mei
- Zhou Lianggong
- Zhang Binglin
Modern period
- Amy Tan
- Anthony
- Bai Shouyi
- Ba Jin
- Bei Dao
- Cai Chongda
- Cao Yu
- Chen Dayu
- Chen Maiping
- Chen Ran
- Chen Xuezhao
- Chu Anping
- C. C. Li
- Ding Ling
- Dai Wangshu
- Eileen Chang
- Eric Liu
- Fan Chung
- Feng Jicai
- Feng Yidai
- Feng Youlan
- Gang Tian
- Gao Xingjian
- Gu Jiegang
- Guo Moruo
- Han Shaogong
- Hao Jingfang
- Ho Fuk Yan
- Hong Ying
- Ganggang Hu Guidice
- Hu Shih
- Huang Yuanyong
- Iris Chang – Chinese-American author of The Rape of Nanking
- Jao Tsung-I
- Jia Rongqing
- Jiang Fangzhou
- Jin Yong
- Jin Yuelin
- Jung Chang – author of Wild Swans
- Ke Yan
- Ke Zhao
- Lao She
- Leung Long Chau
- Li Ao
- Liu Binyan
- Li Shicen
- Lin Haiyin
- Lin Huiyin
- Lin Yutang
- Liang Shuming
- Lu Xun
- Mao Dun
- Timothy Mo
- Ma Jian
- Mian Mian
- Mo Yan
- Mou Zongsan
- Mu Shiying
- Murong Xuecun
- Öser
- Pai Hsien-yung
- Qian Xuantong
- Qian Zhongshu
- Qin Hui
- Qu Bo
- Ru Zhijuan
- Su Manshu
- Su Qing author of 10 Years of Marriage
- Su Tong
- Sun Guangyuan
- Shen Congwen
- Shen Rong
- Shi Zhecun
- Shing-Tung Yau
- Tang Junyi
- Tian Han
- Tie Ning
- Wang Hao
- Wang Lixiong
- Wang Ruowang
- Wang Ruoshui
- Wang Shuo
- Wen Yiduo
- Woo Tsin-hang
- Xie Bingying
- Xiao Hong
- Xiong Shili
- Xiong Qinglai
- Xu Dishan
- Xu Youyu
- Xu Zhimo
- Xue Zongzheng
- Yan Huiqing
- Yang Jianli
- Yan Lianke
- Yang Rongguo
- Yang Shuo
- Ye Shengtao
- Yu Dafu
- Yu Hua
- Yuan Hongbing
- Yum-Tong Siu
- Zhan Tao
- Zhang Jie
- Zhang Kangkang
- Zeng Jiongzhi
- Zhong Xiaoyang
- Zhou Weihui
- Zhou Weiliang
- Zhou Zuoren
- Zhu Qianzhi
- Zhu Ziqing
- Zhu Xiao Di
- Zhu Xueqin
- Zong Pu
Alphabetical list
A
- Ah Cheng
- Ai Qing
- Anni Baobei
- Anthony
B
- Ba Jin
- Bai Juyi
- Bai Renfu
- Bai Shouyi
- Ban Biao
- Ban Gu
- Ban Zhao
- Bianji
- Bada Shanren
- Bei Dao
- Bi Feiyu
- Bianji
- Bo Yang
C
- Cao Cao
- Cao Pi
- Cao Xueqin
- Cao Yu
- Cao Zhi
- Cai Yan
- Cai Yong
- Cai Xiang
- Chang Hsüeh-ch'eng
- Eileen Chang
- Iris Chang American Chinese author of The Rape of Nanking
- Jung Chang author of Wild Swans
- Leung Long Chau
- Chen Dayu
- Chang Hsin-hai
- Chen Hongmou
- Chen Maiping
- Chen Qiufan
- Chen Ran
- Chen Shou
- Chen Zi'ang
- Cheng Yi
- Chi Li
- Chi Zijian
- Chow Ching Lie
- Chu Anping
- Chu Suiliang
- Cui Hao
D
- Dai Xi
- Dai Zhen
- Dai Wangshu
- Di An
- Ding Ling
- Du Fu
- Du Guangting
- Du Mu
- Du You
- Du Huan
- Duan Chengshi
- Duanmu Hongliang
- Dong Xi
- Dong Zhongshu
- Dong Qichang
E
- Eileen Chang
- Eric Liu
F
- Feng Menglong
- Feng Youlan
- Feng Jicai
- Fan Chengda
- Fan Chung
- Fan Ye
- Fang Fang
- Fang Xuanling
- Fenggan
- Fu Baoshi
- Fu Shanxiang
- Feng Yidai
G
- Gan De
- Gang Tian
- Gao Xingjian
- Gao Lian
- Ge Fei
- Ge Hong
- Gongsun Long
- Gu Cheng
- Gu Hua
- Gu Jiegang
- Guan Hanqing
- Guo Jingming
- Guo Moruo
- Guo Pu
- Guo Shoujing
H
- Han Dong
- Han Fei
- Han Han
- Hanshan
- Han Shaogong
- Han Suyin
- Han Yu
- Hao Jingfang
- He Changling
- He Qinglian
- He Zhizhang
- Ho Fuk Yan
- Hong Ying
- Hong Liangji
- Hong Zicheng
- Ganggang Hu Guidice
- Hu Sanxing
- Hu Shih
- Huaisu
- Huang Zongxi
- Huang Tingjian
- Huang Yuanyong
- Huang Zunxian
- Huang Ruheng
J
- Jao Tsung-I
- Ji Xianlin
- Ji Yun
- Jia Dao
- Jia Pingwa
- Jia Rongqing
- Jia Yinghua
- Jiang Fangzhou
- Jiang Rong
- Jiang Tingxi
- Jiao Yu
- Jin Shengtan
- Jin Yuelin
- Jin Yong
- Jing Fang
- Jung Chang
K
- Kang Youwei
- Ke Yan
- Ke Zhao
- Maxine Hong Kingston
L
- Lao She
- Li Ao
- Li Ao
- Li Bai
- Li Baiyao
- Li Baojia
- C. C. Li
- Li Chunfeng
- Li Delin
- Li Dashi
- Li Fang
- Li He
- Li Jing
- Li Kui
- Li Qiao
- Li Qingzhao
- Li Rui
- Li Shangyin
- Li Shicen
- Li Shizhi
- Li Shizhen
- Li Yu
- Li Yaotang
- Li Yu
- Zhenyu Li
- Li Zhi
- Li Shanlan
- Liang Qichao
- Liang Shuming
- Liao Yiwu
- Lin Haiyin
- Lin Huiyin
- Lin Shu
- Lin Yutang
- Ling Li
- Ling Mengchu
- Liu Cixin
- Liu E
- Liu Gongquan
- Liu Heng
- Liu Hui
- Liu Bowen
- Liu Tong
- Liu Xiang
- Liu Xiaobo
- Liu Xie
- Liu Xin
- Liu Xinwu
- Liu Xinglong
- Liu Yong
- Liu Yong
- Liu Yuxi
- Liu Zhenyun
- Liu Zhi
- Liu Zhiji
- Liu Zongyuan
- Lu Guimeng
- Lu Haodong
- Lu Ji
- Lu Tong
- Lu Xun
- Lu You
- Lu Zhi
- Luo Binwang
- Luo Guanzhong
- Luo Yin
M
- Ma Duanlin
- Ma Jian
- Ma Rong
- Ma Zhiyuan
- Mao Dun
- Meng Haoran
- Mengzi
- Mi Fu
- Mian Mian
- Mozi
- Timothy Mo
- Mo Xuanqing
- Mo Yan
- Mou Zongsan
- Mu Shiying
- Murong Xuecun
O
- Öser
- Ouyang Xiu
- Ouyang Xun
P
- Pai Hsien-yung
- Pu Songling
- Pi Rixiu
Q
- Qian Xuantong
- Qian Zhongshu
- Qiao Ji
- Qin Hui
- Qin Jiushao
- Qu Bo
- Qu Yuan
- Qu You
R
- Ru Zhijuan