There are four masters in the Book of Songs in Han Dynasty: Shen Pei of Lu, Yuan Gu of Qi, Han Ying of Yan and Achyranthes bidentata of Zhao.
Sima Xiangru, Yang Xiong, Ban Gu and Zhang Heng are the four masters of Han Fu.
Four masters of Tang poetry: Li Bai, Bai Juyi, Du Fu and Yuan Zhen.
Four outstanding figures in the early Tang Dynasty: Yang Jiong, Lu, Luo.
Four great calligraphers in the early Tang Dynasty: Ou Yangxun, Chu Suiliang, Yu Shinan and Xue Ji.
Four friends in Tang Dynasty: Du, Cui Rong, Li Qiao and Su Weidao.
Four masters of regular script: Yan Zhenqing in Tang Dynasty, Liu Gongquan in Yuan Dynasty, Ou Yangxun and Zhao Mengfu.
There are four great writers: Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu and Su Shi.
Four Great Calligraphers in Song Dynasty: Cai Xiang, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Su Dongpo.
Four great poets in Song Dynasty: Liu Yong, Xin Qiji, Su Shi and Li Qingzhao.
Four great writers in the Northern Song Dynasty: Wang Anshi, Ouyang Xiu, Su Dongpo and Huang Tingjian.
Four Bachelor's degrees in Su Men: Huang Tingjian, Zhang Lei, Huang Wuxia and Qin Guan.
Four disciples of Cheng Men in Song Dynasty: Xie, You Zuo, Lu Dalin.
Li Tang, Liu Songnian, Ma Yuan and Xia Gui, the four great painters of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Four Great Poets in Southern Song Dynasty: Yang Wanli, Lu You, Fan Chengda and You Mao.
The four masters of Yuan Opera: Guan Hanqing, Ma Zhiyuan, Zheng Guangzu and Bai Pu.
Four outstanding figures in Yuan Dynasty: Yu Ji, Xie Lisi, Huang Cheng and Liu Guan.
Huang, Zhenwu, Ni Zan and Wang Meng are the four masters of landscape painting in Yuan Dynasty.
The four great poets of Yuan Dynasty, Yang Zai and He Si.
Gao Qi, Zhang Yu, Xu Ben and Yang Ji, four outstanding people in Wuzhong in Yuan Dynasty.
Tang Bohu, Zhu Zhishan, Wen Zhiming and zhou wenbin were four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Zhishan, Tang Bohu, Wen Zhiming and Xu Zhenqing, "Four Scholars of Wuzhong" in Ming Dynasty.
Four novelists in Ming and Qing Dynasties: Cao Xueqin, Wu Cheng'en, Shi Naian and Luo Guanzhong.
Four Great Masters in the Early Qing Dynasty: Wang Shimin, Wang Yi, Wang Jian and Wang.
Fang Yizhi, Chen Zhenhui, Mao Xiang and Hou Fangyu, four poets in the early Qing Dynasty.
Four Great Calligraphers in Qing Dynasty: Liu Yong and Aisingiorro? Tie Bao, Weng Fanggang, Yong Xun.
Four contemporary prose writers: Yang Shuo, Wei Wei, Qin Mu and Boyu Liu.
Four masters of contemporary painting and calligraphy: Wu Guanzhong, Fan Ceng, Qu Zisen and Ouyang Zhongshi.
Ma Yongan, Qi Gong, Zhang Hai and Ouyang Zhongshi were the four great calligraphers at that time.
Four contemporary historians in China: Lv Simian, Chen Yinque, Qian Mu and Chen Yuan.