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Eight Immortals Indulged in Wine

This article is about one of the less famous set of Eight Immortals. For the most popular set of "Eight Immortals", see Eight Immortals, which also contains a list of other sets of Eight Immortals.


The Eight Immortals Indulged in Wine (酒中八仙 in pinyin: jiu3 zhong1 ba1 xian1) are Tang Dynasty scholars who like to drink. 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 New Tang Book (新唐書).

They are:

See also: Chinese wine