唐宋八大家 tong⁴ sung³ baat³ daai⁶ gaa¹ {Táng Sòng bā dà jiā}

Eight Giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動, namely: Han Yu 韓愈, Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元, Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修, the Three Su father and sons 三蘇, Wang Anshi 王安石, Zeng Gong 曾鞏