Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup
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Kozuka with Li Bai drinking a cup of wine while looking at a waterfall
The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup or Eight Immortals Indulged in Wine (Chinese: 飲中八仙; pinyin: yǐnzhōng bāxiān) were a group of Tang Dynasty scholars who are known for their love of alcoholic beverages. They are not deified and xiān ("immortal; transcendent; fairy") is metaphorical. The term is used in a poem by Du Fu, as well as in the biography of Li Bai in the New Book of Tang.
They appeared in Du's poem in the following order:
- He Zhizhang (賀知章 Hè Zhīzhāng)
- Li Jin (李璡 Lǐ Jìn)
- Li Shizhi (李適之 Lǐ Shìzhi)
- (崔宗之 Cuī Zōngzhī)
- (蘇晉 Sū Jìn)
- Li Bai (李白 Lǐ Bái)
- Zhang Xu (張旭 Zhāng Xù)
- (焦遂 Jiaō Suì)
See also[]
- Chinese alcoholic beverage
External links[]
- Pieter Eijkhoff, Wine In China Its History And Contemporary Developments
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- Cultural lists
- Articles about multiple people in pre-Tang China
- Tang dynasty poets
- Chinese alcoholic drinks
- Octets