táng sòng bā dà jiāthe eight giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动[gǔwén yùndòng], namely: Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[hán yù], Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元[liǔ zōngyuán], Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[ōuyáng xiū], the three Su's 三蘇|三苏[sān sū], Wang Anshi 王安石[wáng ānshí], Zeng Gong 曾鞏|曾巩[zēng gǒng]