唐宋八大家

1. • the eight giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文运动 gǔwényùndòng, namely: Han Yu 韩愈 hányù, Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元 liǔzōngyuán, Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修 ōuyángxiū, the three Su's 三苏 sānsū, Wang Anshi 王安石 wáng'ānshí, Zeng Gong 曾巩 zēnggǒng

Character by character

• 唐(táng)exaggerate
• 宋(sòng)surname Song
• 八(bā)eight
• 大(dà)big
• 家(jiā)refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China