Who were the learned people in ancient China?

Confucius: A famous thinker, educator and founder of Confucianism in ancient China. Laozi: a great philosopher and thinker in ancient China, the founder of Taoist school. Zhuangzi: A famous thinker, philosopher and writer in the mid-Warring States period. Mencius: A famous thinker and educator in ancient China, a representative of Confucianism in the Warring States Period. Mozi: A famous thinker, educator, strategist and founder of Mohism during the Warring States Period. Sima Qian: a historian, writer and thinker in the Western Han Dynasty. Historical Records is China's first biographical general history. Sima Xiangru: a poet of the Western Han Dynasty, an outstanding representative in the history of China culture and literature. Zhuge Liang: Prime Minister of Shu and Han in the Three Kingdoms period, a famous politician, strategist, calligrapher, essayist and inventor. Dong Zhongshu: a thinker, philosopher, politician and educator in Han Dynasty. Cao Cao: A famous politician, strategist, writer and poet in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.