Eight Gentlemen of Huainan

This article is about the scholars of the Western Han. For other uses, see Eight Immortals (disambiguation).

The Eight Gentlemen of Huainan (Chinese: 淮南八公; pinyin: Huáinán 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 (淮南子, Huáinánzǐ, literally "The Philosophers of Huainan").

They were:

• Jin Chang (经常 jǐn chāng),
• Lei Bei (雷被 leí beì),
• Li Shang (李尚 lǐ shàng),
• Mao Bei (毛被 máo beì),
• Su Fei (蘇非 sū feì),
• Tian You (田由 tián yoú),
• Wu Bei (伍被 wǔ beì), and
• Zuo Wu (左吳 zǔo wú).

The "Bagong Mountain" ("Eight Gentlemen Mountain") in China is named after them.