作者 zuò zhě author / writer syn 小编 小編 xiǎo biān editor or creator of online content (diminutive term, often used to refer to oneself: I, me, this writer) 刘慈欣 劉慈欣 liú cí xīn Liu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer 刘义庆 劉義慶 liú yì qìng Liu Yiqing (403-444), writer of South Song Dynasty, compiler and editor of A New Account of the Tales of the World 世說新語|世说新语[Shi4 shuo1 Xin1 yu3] 笔者 筆者 bǐ zhě the author / the writer (usu. refers to oneself) syn 全集 quán jí omnibus / complete works (of a writer or artist) 秀才 xiù cai a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical) / scholar / skillful writer / fine talent syn 写手 寫手 xiě shǒu person who writes articles - newspapers, magazines, blogs (informal) / scribe / copyist / a talented writer of articles or of calligraphy 文学家 文學家 wén xué jiā writer / man of letters / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 琼瑶 瓊瑤 qióng yáo Chiung Yao (1938-), Taiwanese writer 苏轼 蘇軾 sū shì Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Su1 Dong1 po1], Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 Ba1 Da4 jia1] 漫画家 漫畫家 màn huà jiā cartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka) 苏东坡 蘇東坡 sū dōng pō Su Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher 手笔 手筆 shǒu bǐ sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale syn 雨果 yǔ guǒ Hugo (name) / Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer 朱熹 zhū xī Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子[Zhu1 zi3], Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism 王安石 wáng ān shí Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家 代写 代寫 dài xiě to write as substitute for sb / a ghost writer / plagiarism 王朔 wáng shuò Wang Shuo (1958-), Chinese writer, director and actor 陶渊明 陶淵明 táo yuān míng Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet 挖坑 wā kēng to dig a hole / (fig.) to make things difficult for sb / (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project 词人 詞人 cí rén writer of 詞|词[ci2] (a kind of Classical Chinese poem) / person of literary talent syn 欧阳修 歐陽修 ōu yáng xiū Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian 卡夫卡 kǎ fū kǎ Franz Kafka (1883-1924), Czech Jewish writer 张华 張華 zhāng huà Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention 泰戈尔 泰戈爾 tài gē ěr Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Indian poet and writer 高尔基 高爾基 gāo ěr jī Gorkii (name) / Maxim Gorkii (1868-1936), Russian proletarian writer and propagandist 成名作 chéng míng zuò seminal work that propels a writer (or artist, composer etc) to fame 文豪 wén háo literary giant / great writer / eminent writer syn 徐霞客 xú xiá kè Xu Xiake (1587-1641), Ming dynasty travel writer and geographer, author of Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries 徐霞客遊記|徐霞客游记[Xu2 Xia2 ke4 You2 ji4] 痞子蔡 pǐ zi cài Rowdy Cai (1969-), Taiwanese Internet writer 叶圣陶 葉聖陶 yè shèng táo Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books 米尔顿 米爾頓 mǐ ěr dùn Milton (name) / John Milton (1608-1674), English republican writer and poet, author of Paradise Lost 江平 jiāng píng Jiang Ping (1920-), academic lawyer, writer on ethnicity and legal systems 阿来 阿來 ā lái Alai (1959-), ethnic Tibetan Chinese writer, awarded Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2000 for his novel 塵埃落定|尘埃落定[Chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4] "Red Poppies" 谭嗣同 譚嗣同 tán sì tóng Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 萧红 蕭紅 xiāo hóng Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang 文宗 wén zōng (literary) writer whose works are venerated as exemplary / eminent writer syn 严复 嚴復 yán fù Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences 契诃夫 契訶夫 qì hē fū Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stories and plays 莫泊桑 mò bó sāng Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), French novelist and short story writer 刘恒 劉恆 liú héng Liu Heng, personal name of Han emperor Han Wendi 漢文帝|汉文帝 / Liu Heng (1954-), Chinese writer 萧伯纳 蕭伯納 xiāo bó nà George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer 大仲马 大仲馬 dà zhòng mǎ Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870), French writer 李渔 李漁 lǐ yú Li Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and dramatist 李贽 李贄 lǐ zhì Li Zhi (1527-1602), late Ming philosopher, historian and writer 岳阳楼记 岳陽樓記 yuè yáng lóu jì On Yueyang Tower (1046), essay by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4yan1] 笔杆子 筆桿子 bǐ gǎn zi pen / an effective writer syn 夏衍 xià yǎn Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer 赛珍珠 賽珍珠 sài zhēn zhū Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), American writer known for her novels on Asian cultures, Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize laureate 东坡肉 東坡肉 dōng pō ròu stir-fried pork, favorite of Northern Song writer Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼, a.k.a. Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡 叶永烈 葉永烈 yè yǒng liè Ye Yonglie (1940-), popular science writer 宋濂 sòng lián Song Lian (1310-1381), Ming dynasty writer, historian and politician 沈约 沈約 shěn yuē Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書|宋书 遗著 遺著 yí zhù posthumous work (of a writer) syn 曾巩 曾鞏 zēng gǒng Zeng Gong (1019-1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the eight giants 唐宋八大家[Tang2-Song4 ba1da4jia1] 纪伯伦 jì bó lún Khalil Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese poet, writer and artist 陆羽 陸羽 lù yǔ Lu Yu (733-804), Chinese writer from Tang dynasty, known for his obsession with tea 秦牧 qín mù Qin Mu (1919-1992), educator and prolific writer 刘晓波 劉曉波 liú xiǎo bō Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八憲章|零八宪章[Ling2 ba1 Xian4 zhang1], Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010 江郎才尽 江郎才盡 jiāng láng cái jìn Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom) / fig. to have used up one's creative powers / to have writer's block 冰壶秋月 冰壺秋月 bīng hú qiū yuè jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡) / fig. spotless white and pure / flawless person 文如其人 wén rú qí rén the writing style mirrors the writer (idiom) 本杰明·富兰克林 本傑明·富蘭克林 Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician and diplomat 左思 zuǒ sī Zuo Si (3rd century), Jin dynasty writer and poet 罗蒙诺索夫 羅蒙諾索夫 luó méng nuò suǒ fū Mikhail Lomonosov (1711-1765), Russian polymath and writer 笔译－简记员 translator / précis-writer 奥斯特洛夫斯基 奧斯特洛夫斯基 ào sī tè luò fū sī jī Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904-1936), Soviet socialist realist writer / Alexander Ostrovsky (1823-1886), Russian playwright 冰心 bīng xīn Bing Xin (1900-1999), female poet and children's writer 郭敬明 guō jìng míng Guo Jingming (1983-), Chinese young-adult fiction writer and teen pop idol 郭沫若 guō mò ruò Guo Moruo (1892-1978), writer, communist party intellectual and cultural apparatchik 徐志摩 xú zhì mó Xu Zhimo (1897-1931), writer and poet 袁宏道 yuán hóng dào Yuan Hongdao (1568-1610), Ming dynasty poet and travel writer 于丹 yú dān Yu Dan (1965-), female scholar, writer, educator and TV presenter 伊斯曼 yī sī màn Eastman (name) / George Eastman (1854-1932), US inventor and founder of Kodak 柯達|柯达[Ke1 da2] / Max F. Eastman (1883-1969), US socialist writer, subsequently severe critic of USSR 作手 zuò shǒu writer / expert 作曲者 zuò qǔ zhě composer / song writer 做手 zuò shǒu to put one's hand to sth / to set about / skillful hands / worker / writer 先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐 先天下之憂而憂，後天下之樂而樂 xiān tiān xià zhī yōu ér yōu , hòu tiān xià zhī lè ér lè to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4yang2 Lou2 Ji4] by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4yan1]) 儿女英雄传 兒女英雄傳 ér nǚ yīng xióng zhuàn The Gallant Maid, novel by Manchu-born Qing dynasty writer 文康[Wen2 Kang1] 刘宾雁 劉賓雁 liú bīn yàn Liu Binyan (1925-2005), journalist and novelist, condemned by Mao as rightist faction in 1957, subsequently dissident writer 博客写手 博客寫手 bó kè xiě shǒu blogger / blog writer 吴玉章 吳玉章 wú yù zhāng Wu Yuzhang (1878-1966), writer, educator and communist politician 吴自牧 吳自牧 wú zì mù Wu Zimu (lived c. 1270), writer at the end of the Song dynasty 周瘦鹃 周瘦鵑 zhōu shòu juān Zhou Shoujuan (1895-1968), writer, translator and art collector in Suzhou, a victim of the Cultural Revolution 姚思廉 yáo sī lián Yao Silian (557-637), Tang writer and compiler of 梁書|梁书[Liang2 shu1] and 陳書|陈书[Chen2 shu1] 宋祁 sòng qí Song Qi (998-1061), Song dynasty poet and writer, coauthor of History of the Later Tang Dynasty 新唐書|新唐书 岐路灯 岐路燈 qí lù dēng Lamp in the Side Street (c. 1777), novel by Qing dynasty writer Li Lüyuan 李綠園|李绿园[Li3 Lu:4 yuan2] 张二鸿 張二鴻 zhāng èr hóng Jung Chang 張戎|张戎[Zhang1 Rong2] (1952-), British-Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5] 张天翼 張天翼 zhāng tiān yì Zhang Tianyi (1906-1985), children's writer, author of prize-winning fairy tale Secret of the Magic Gourd 寶葫蘆的秘密|宝葫芦的秘密[Bao3 hu2 lu5 de5 Mi4 mi4] 张戎 張戎 zhāng róng Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿[Zhang1 Er4 hong2], author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5] 张溥 張溥 zhāng pǔ Ming dynasty scholar (1602-1641), prolific writer, proponent of the Fushe 復社|复社[Fu4she4] cultural renewal movement, author of Five Men’s Tombstone Inscription 五人墓碑記|五人墓碑记[Wu3 Ren2 Mu4bei1ji4] 徐星 xú xīng Xu Xing (1969-), Chinese palaeontologist / Xu Xing (1956-), Chinese short story writer 徐祯卿 徐禎卿 xú zhēn qīng Xu Zhenqing (1479-1511), Ming writer, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子 德薄能鲜 德薄能鮮 dé bó néng xiǎn little virtue and meager abilities (idiom) / I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1]) 怪人奥尔·扬科维奇 怪人奧爾·揚科維奇 guairenAoerYangkeweiqi "Weird Al" Yankovic (1959-), US singer and writer of parody songs 戴名世 dài míng shì Dai Mingshi (1653-1713), early Qing writer 昭披耶帕康 zhāo pī yē pà kāng Chao Phya Phra Klang, 18th century Thai politician and writer 曹余章 曹餘章 cáo yú zhāng Cao Yuzhang (1924-1996), modern writer and publisher, author of Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History 上下五千年[Shang4 xia4 Wu3 Qian1 nian2] 