Eight Immortals from
Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of t ...
({{zh, c=蜀中八仙, p=Shǔ zhōng bāxiān) are eight Sichuanese who supposedly became ''
xian'' ("immortals; transcendents; fairies"). The term is first used by
Qiao Xiu Qiao may refer to:
* Qiao (surname), a common pronunciation for some Chinese surnames, such as 喬 and 橋.
* Qiao (橋), Chinese character for "bridge".
* Qiao (譙), a location in ancient China which corresponds to present-day Bozhou
Bozhou ...
(譙秀 qiáo xiù) in ''Record of
Shu'' (《蜀紀》 shǔ zì) written in
Jin Dynasty.
They are:
*
Fan Changsheng Fan Changsheng (范長生 fàn chángshēng) (died 318) was a Taoist priest and leader who was instrumental in the establishment of the Cheng Han state during the Sixteen Kingdoms era in China. He led a Taoist community of over one thousand families ...
(范长生 Fàn Chángshēng),
*
Dong Zhongshu
Dong Zhongshu (; 179–104 BC) was a Chinese philosopher, politician, and writer of the Han Dynasty. He is traditionally associated with the promotion of Confucianism as the official ideology of the Chinese imperial state. He apparently favored ...
(董仲舒 Dǒng Zhòngshū),
*
Li Babai
Li Babai (李八百, "Li Eight-Hundred") was the sobriquet of a Daoist elixir-master and '' xian'' ("transcendent; 'immortal'") who supposedly lived more than 800 years. The founder of the Way of the Li Family school of religious Daoism, Li A ( ...
(李八百 Lǐ Bābǎi),
*
Li Er
Li, li, or LI may refer to:
Businesses and organizations
* Landscape Institute, a British professional body for landscape architects
* Leadership Institute, a non-profit organization located in Arlington, Virginia, US, that teaches "political tec ...
(李耳 Lǐ Ěr),
*
Master Erzhu
Master or masters may refer to:
Ranks or titles
* Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans
*Grandmaster (chess), National Master ...
(尔朱先生 Ěrzhū Xiānshēng),
*
Rong Chenggong
Rong or RONG may refer to:
Places China
* Rong County, Guangxi, Yulin, Guangxi, China
*Rong County, Sichuan, Zigong, Sichuan, China
Nepal
*Rong, Ilam, a rural municipality in Ilam District, Nepal
Norway
*Rong, Norway, a village in Øygarden ...
(容成公 Róng Chénggōng),
*
Zhang Daoling
Zhang Ling (; traditionally 34–156), courtesy name Fuhan (), was a Chinese religious leader who lived during the Eastern Han Dynasty credited with founding the Way of the Celestial Masters sect of Taoism, which is also known as the Way of the ...
(张道陵 Zhāng Dàolīng), and
*
Yan Junping (严君平 Yán Jūnpíng).
8 Eight Immortals from Sichuan
Articles about multiple people in pre-Tang China
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