Eight Immortals from Sichuan

Eight Immortals from Sichuan (Chinese: 蜀中八仙; pinyin: Shǔ zhōng bāxiān) are eight Sichuanese who supposedly became xian ("immortals; transcendents; fairies"). The term is first used by Qiao Xiu (譙秀 qiáo xiù) in Record of Shu (《蜀紀》 shǔ zì) written in Jin Dynasty.

They are:

  • Fan Changsheng (范长生 Fàn Chángshēng),
  • Dong Zhongshu (董仲舒 Dǒng Zhòngshū),
  • Li Babai (李八百 Lǐ Bābǎi),
  • Li Er (李耳 Lǐ Ěr),
  • Master Erzhu (尔朱先生 Ěrzhū Xiānshēng),
  • Rong Chenggong (容成公 Róng Chénggōng),
  • Zhang Daoling (张道陵 Zhāng Dàolīng), and
  • Yan Junping (严君平 Yán Jūnpíng).
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