The Eight Immortals in Drinking refers to the eight "wine immortals" in Chang'an City during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty: the first immortal He Zhizhang, the second immortal Emperor Li Xian's eldest son, the king of Ruyang Li Jin, the eldest son of the three immortals Tang Taizong, the grandson of Li Chengqian, the king of Hengshan, Li Shizhi, the prince of Qinghe County, the four immortals Cui Zongzhi, the five immortals Su Jin, the six immortals Li Bai, the seven immortals Zhang Xu, and the eight immortals Jiao Sui. From Tang Dufu's "Song of the Eight Immortals in Drinking". This poem describes the drunken state of the "Eight Immortals in Drinking" in Chang'an City at that time.
Drink the Eight Immortals
Li bai
Shixian Li Bai (February 8, 701 - December 762), the word Taibai, the name Qinglian monk, the immortal, alias Li Twelve, the poet of the Tang Dynasty, and Du Fu are called "Li Du". Li Bai has "Li Taibai Collection" handed down, and his representative works include "Silent Night Thoughts", "Will Enter the Wine", "Sleepwalking in the Sky and Leaving Farewell", etc.; He created ancient romantic literature, peak song style and seven unique heights that are difficult for later generations to reach. Li Bai's achievements in music, songs, and quatrains are the highest; The style is heroic and unrestrained, fresh and elegant, rich in imagination, wonderful in artistic conception, wonderful in language, romantic, and clear in concept.
Li Jin
He Zhizhang
He Zhizhang (659-744), the word Ji Zhen, the number of Siming maniac, Han nationality, Tang Yue Prefecture Huiji Yongxing (now Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang) people, He Zhizhang's poems are good at quatrains, in addition to the sacrificial movement, should be made poems, its writing scene, the style of the work of expressing nostalgia is unique, fresh and chic, the famous "Returning to the Hometown Puppet Book" two popular among the people, recited through the ages, and now still exist into the "All Tang Dynasty Poems" a total of 19 poems.
He Zhizhang is open and bold by nature, good at talking and laughing, good at drinking, and dashing, and is admired by the people of the time. When he saw Li Bai's poems, he praised them as "immortals", and later became a friend of the year, and introduced Li Bai to Tang Xuanzong as an official. He was uninhibited in his later years, calling himself a "Siming Maniac", and because of his poetry and unrestrainedness, he was called "Poetry Maniac". Often with Li Bai, Li Shizhi, Wang Jin, Cui Zongzhi, Su Jin, Zhang Xu, Jiao Sui drinking and writing poems, when called "drunk eight immortals".
In the third year of Tianbao (744), He Zhizhang returned to his hometown and became a Taoist priest. When he left Beijing, Xuanzong gave poems, and the crown prince and hundreds of civil and military officials served him, and died of illness shortly after returning to his hometown.
Li Shizhi
[A.D. 694~747] the first name Chang (the epitaph is recorded as Mingchang, the word is appropriate), Longxi Chengji people. Born in Wuzhou for three years of longevity, died in the sixth year of Tang Xuanzong Tianbao. Noh poetry. Li Shizhi is the grandson of Li Chengqian, the official Tongzhou Assassin History, the Criminal Department of Shangshu, the first year of Tianbao, as the left minister, because of the failure to compete with Li Linfu for power and resignation, and then the prince Shaobao's idle post. Tianbao six years, degraded to death Yuan Zhou (according to the "Zizhi Tongjian" volume 215 records: "(Tianbao) six years of spring and the first month of Xinsi, Lin Fu played the dispatch of the imperial history that is, degraded the place, and gave the emperor Fu Weiming, Wei Jian brothers and other deaths. 罗希?]自青州如岭南，所过杀迁谪者，郡县惶骇，排马谍至宜春，李适之忧惧，仰药 。 "Zhiyun" to the county for three days" is consistent with the record of "Arriving in office, drinking medicine and dying" in "Old Tang Dynasty Book • Xuanzong Ji II". The epitaph "sleeping in the official house" is a secret of Fang Xuan. ）
Li Shizhi drank a lot of wine, according to the "Tang Shu Sect Prime Minister's Biography", it is said that Li Shizhi likes to feast with guests, and he can drink more than one bucket every time without getting drunk. He drank and had fun at night, and handled political affairs during the day, without delaying his work at all.
Zhang Xu
Tang Dynasty calligrapher Zhang Xu, the word Bogao, and Li Bai, He Zhizhang and others are listed as one of the eight immortals in the drink. Tang Wenzong once issued an edict to Li Bai's poetry, Pei Min's sword dance, and Zhang Xu's cursive script as the "three uniques". He also wrote poems, and He Zhizhang, Zhang Ruoxu, and Bao Rong were known as the "Four Scholars of Wuzhong". The hand-me-down handwriting includes "Stomach Pain Post", "Four Ancient Poems" and so on.
Su Jin
Su Jin (676-734) was a poet of the Tang Dynasty. His works include "Fenghe Shengzhi Sends Zhang Shuo to Patrol the Border" and so on.
At the age of a few years, he can belong to the text and write "Gossip Theory". Uncle Fang Ying, the servant of the ministry, and Wang Shao, the secretary and young eunuch, saw it and sighed: "The later Wang Cangye." "Ying Jinshi, and the big ceremony, all of them are on the top. Congenital, relocated scholars, bachelors of Chongwen Pavilion. The Ming Emperor supervised the country, and every time there was a command, it was drafted by Jin and Jia Zeng. Counting into the rumors, his father Jue is old, begging to be dismissed and returned to serve. In the fourteenth year of Kaiyuan, he was a servant of the Ministry of Officials. Knowing the election, rewarding more.
Cui Zongzhi
Cui Zongzhi, the name becomes a supplement, and the words are lined. The son of daily use, he attacked the Duke of Qi. Lizuo Shilangzhong, the history of the servant, the official Jinling. Singing and harmony with Li Baishi's wine, taking a boat on a moonlit night, and reaching Jinling from quarrying. There is a poem "Gift to Li Twelve White".
Du Fu Shiyun: Zongzhi's chic and beautiful young man, looking at the blue sky with white eyes, is as bright as a jade tree in front of the wind. Nowadays, we often use the word Yushu Linfeng to describe people handsome and chic, and the word Yushu Linfeng comes from this poem, which shows the handsomeness of Cui Zong's appearance.
Jiao Sui
Jiao Sui, a native of the Tang Dynasty, a commoner, was famous for his addiction to alcohol, and Li Bai, He Zhizhang, Li Shizhi, Li Jin, Cui Zongzhi, Su Jin, Zhang Xu and others were drinking friends, and called "Eight Immortals in Drinking" (also known as Eight Immortals in Wine or Eight Immortals in Drunkenness). Historical records record Du Fu's "Song of the Eight Immortals in Drinking" said: "Jiao Sui Wudou Fang Zhuoran, talking about the four feasts. According to legend, Jiao Sui stuttered, but according to the Tao Xian article of "The Ballad of Ganze" written by Yuan Jiao in the Tang Dynasty, there was a cloth cloth Jiao Sui, but there was no stuttering.
Li Jin
The grandson of Emperor Ruizong of the Tang Dynasty, the eldest son of Li Xian, King of Ning (the eldest brother of Li Longji of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, and the eldest son of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jin, the king of Ruyang. Li Xuan was a figure in the Xuanzong period of the Tang Dynasty and the eldest son of Emperor Li Xian of the Tang Dynasty. The official was the servant, and he got the title of the king of brewing. He is good at bows and drums, and is deeply loved by Tang Xuanzong. It is said that he was once taught by Tang Xuanzong himself. King Ruyang is also the name of a person in Du Fu's poem "Song of the Eight Immortals in Drinking", ranking second in the poem.