Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup
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- For other sets of "Eight Immortals", see Eight Immortals.
The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup or Eight Immortals Indulged in Wine (Chinese: 酒中八仙; pinyin: jiǔzhōng bāxīan) were a group of Tang Dynasty scholars who liked to drink alcoholic beverages. They are not deified and xian ("immortal; transcendent; fairy") is metaphorical. The term is used in a poem by Du Fu, and in the biography of Li Bo in the New Tang Book (新唐書).
They are:
- Li Bo
- He Zhizhang
- Zhang Xu
- Cui Zongzhi (崔宗之 Cuī Zōngzhī)
- Jiao Sui (焦遂 Jiaō Suì)
- Li Shizhi (李適之 Lǐ Shìzhi)
- Su Jin (蘇晉 Sū Jìn)
- Wang Jin (王璡 Wáng Jìn)
