Eight Immortals from Sichuan - 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.

Eight Immortals from Sichuan (蜀中八仙 in pinyin: shǔ zhōng bā xiān) describe eight Sichuanese who became immortals at various times. The term is first used by Qiao Xiu (譙秀 qiáo xiù) in Record of Shu (《蜀紀》 shǔ zì) written in Jin Dynasty.

They are:

• Fan Changsheng (范長生 fàn cháng shēng),
• Dong Zhongshu (董仲舒 dǒng zhòng shū),
• Li Babai (李八百 lǐ bā baǐ),
• Li Er (李耳 lǐ ěr),
• Master Erzhu (爾朱先生 ěr zhū xiān shēn),
• Mister Rongcheng (容成公 róng chéng gōng),
• Zhang Daoling (張道陵 zhāng dào līng), and
• Zhuang Junping (莊君平 zhuāng jūn píng).