Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as the would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin (later the First Emperor)

Mencius [[孟子|孟子|Meng4 zi3]] (c. 372-c. 289 BC), a prominent Confucian philosopher

(literary) variant of [[坎坷|坎坷|kan3 ke3]]