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The Eight Immortals of Huainan (淮南八仙 in (劉安 liú ān), the prince of Huainan during the Western Han Dynasty . They are not deified in any Religion s and the term "Immortal" is used Metaphor ically to describe their talent. Together, they wrote the book ''The Philosophers of Huainan'' (《淮南子》 huái nán zǐ), on the Daoist philosophy.

They are:

  • Jin Chang (晉昌 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.