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Eight Immortals of Huainan Wikipedia

This article is about one of the less famous set of Eight Immortals. For the most popular set of "Eight Immortals", see Eight Immortals, which also contains a list of other sets of Eight Immortals.

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The Eight Immortals of Huainan (淮南八仙 in pinyin: hu?i n?n bā xiān), also known more often as the Eight Misters (八公 bā gōng), are the eight scholar guests of Liu An (劉安 li? ān), King of Huainan of Western Han Dynasty. They are not deified in any religions and the term "Immortal" is used metaphorically to describe their talent. Together, they wrote The Philosophers of Huainan (《淮南子》 hu?i n?n zǐ), on the Daoist philosophy.

They are:

• Jin Chang (晉昌 jǐn chāng),

• Lei Bei (雷被 le? be?),

• Li Shan (李尚 lǐ sh?n),

• Mao Bei (毛被 m?o be?),

• Su Fei (蘇非 sū fe?),

• Tian You (田由 ti?n yo?),

• Wu Bei (伍被 wǔ be?), and

• Zuo Wu (左吳 zǔo w?).

The Bagong Mountain ("Eight Misters Mountain") in China is named after them.

Last Modified:   2005-04-13