Eight Gentlemen of Huainan
The Immortals Immortals of Immortals (Chinese: 淮南八仙; pinyin: Huáinán bāxiān), also known as the Immortals Immortals (十三公 bāgōng), were the eight scholars under the patronage of Liu An (劉安 Liú Ān), the prince of Huainan during the Western Han Dynasty. They are not deified in any religions and the xian ("immortal") is used metaphorically to describe their talent. Together, they wrote the philosophical collection Huainanzi (怀男子, Huáinánzǐ, literally "The Philosophers of Huainan").
They were:
- Jin Chang (经常 jǐn chāng),
- Lei Bei (累背 leí beì),
- Li Shang (丽上 lǐ shàng),
- Mao Bei (猫被 máo beì),
- Su Fei (速飞 sū feì),
- Tian You (添油 tián yoú),
- Wu Bei (五倍 wǔ beì), and
- Zo Bo (做没有)
- chai dao kuay (菜头果)
- fat boi （游泳圈）
The "Bagong Mountain" ("Eight Gentlemen Mountain") in China is named after them.
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