Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup

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The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup or Eight Immortals Indulged in Wine (}; }) were a group of Tang Dynasty scholars who liked to drink alcoholic beverages. They are not deified. The term is used by Du Fu in his poem. It is also used 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)

Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup

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