Zhan Gan-quan, also named Zhan Ruo-shui, is a famous official and great Confucian scholar in the middle of the Ming dynasty, in which another ancient Chinese thinker Wang Yang-ming lives.

• 湛甘泉是明代中期与王阳明同时的达官鸿儒，早年受学陈白沙，承其“自然”、“自得”之学，而有“随处体认天理”之悟，深得白沙为学旨趣，备受白沙赞赏，最终成为其衣钵传人。