The Eight Gentlemen of Huainan () were the eight scholars under the patronage of
Liu An
Liú Ān (, c. 179–122 BC) was a Han dynasty Chinese prince, ruling the Huainan Kingdom, and an advisor to his nephew, Emperor Wu of Han (武帝). He is best known for editing the (139 BC) ''Huainanzi'' compendium of Daoist, Confucianist, and ...
(劉安 Liú Ān), the prince of
Huainan
Huainan () is a prefecture-level city with 3,033,528 inhabitants as of the 2020 census in north-central Anhui province, China. It is named for the Han-era Principality of Huainan. It borders the provincial capital of Hefei to the south, Lu'an ...
during the
Western Han Dynasty
The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by th ...
. Together, they wrote the philosophical collection ''
Huainanzi
The ''Huainanzi'' is an ancient Chinese text that consists of a collection of essays that resulted from a series of scholarly debates held at the court of Liu An, Prince of Huainan, sometime before 139. The ''Huainanzi'' blends Daoist, Confuci ...
'' (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.
8 Eight Immortals of Huainan
2nd-century BC Chinese people
Articles about multiple people in pre-Tang China
Octets
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