Eight Immortals of Huainan
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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.
The Eight Immortals of Huainan (淮南八仙 in pinyin: huái nán bā xiān), also known more often as the Eight Misters (八公 bā gōng), are the eight scholar guests of Liu An (劉安 liú 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》 huái nán zǐ), on the Daoist philosophy.
They are:
- Jin Chang (晉昌 jǐn chāng),
- Lei Bei (雷被 leí beì),
- Li Shan (李尚 lǐ shàn),
- Mao Bei (毛被 máo beì),
- Su Fei (蘇非 sū feì),
- Tian You (田由 tián yoú),
- Wu Bei (伍被 wǔ beì), and
- Zuo Wu (左吳 zǔo wú).
The Bagong Mountain ("Eight Misters Mountain") in China is named after them.