Eight_Immortals_of_Huainan

Eight Gentlemen of Huainan

Eight Gentlemen of Huainan

Add article description

This article is about the scholars of the Western Han. For other uses, see Eight Immortals (disambiguation).

The Eight Gentlemen of Huainan (Chinese: 淮南八公; pinyin: Huáinán bāgōng) were the eight scholars under the patronage of Liu An (劉安 Liú Ān), the prince of Huainan during the Western Han dynasty. Together, they wrote the philosophical collection Huainanzi (淮南子, Huáinánzǐ, literally "The Philosophers of Huainan").

They were:

  • Jin Chang (晋昌 Jìn Chāng),
  • Lei Bei (雷被 Léi Bèi),
  • Li Shang (李尚 Lǐ Shàng),
  • Mao Bei (毛被 Máo Bèi),
  • Su Fei (苏飞 Sū Fēi),
  • Tian You (田由 Tián Yóu),
  • Wu Bei (伍被 Wǔ Bèi), and
  • Zuo Wu (左吴 Zuǒ Wú).

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


Stub icon

This China-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Eight_Immortals_of_Huainan, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.