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Eight Immortals Indulged in Wine - Definition

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 Indulged in Wine (酒中八仙 in pinyin: jiǔ zhōng bā xīan) are Tang Dynasty scholars who like to drink. They are not deified. The term is used by Du Fu in his poem. It is also used in the biography of Li Bo in New Tang Book (新唐書).

They are:

  • Li Bo,
  • Cui Zongzhi (崔宗之 cuī zōng zhī),
  • He Zhizhang (賀知章 hè zhī zhāng),
  • Jiao Sui (焦遂 jiaō suì),
  • Li Shizhi (李適之 lǐ shì zhi),
  • Su Jin (蘇晉 sū jìn),
  • Wang Jin (王璡 wáng jìn), and
  • Zhang Xu (張旭 zhāng xù).

See also: Chinese wine

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