Those Eight Great Scholars(saying, prosers散文家) between Tang and Song Dynasties, hence including Han Yu(韩愈), Liu Zongyuan in Tang Dynastry and Ouyang Xiu(欧阳修), Su Xun(苏洵) and his sons as Su Shi(苏轼) and Su Zhe(苏辙), Wang Anshi(王安石) besides Zeng Gong(曾巩) in Song Dynasty
又，唐宋八大家，wei ji百科译为：
Eight Giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement(古文运动)
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