The Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest refer to Ji Kang, Ruan Ji, Dan Tao, Xiang Xiu, Liu Ling, Wang Rong and Ruan Xian in the Wei Dynasty (240-249). Because he often lived under the bamboo forest in Shanyang County (now Huixian County, Henan Province) at that time, drinking and having fun freely, he was called the seven sages of the world, and later named the bamboo forest after the land name.

Source: The Biography of Ji Kang in the Book of Jin: "Ji Kangju, who was friends with Liu Chen Ruan Ji and Dan Tao in Hanoi, Xiang Xiu in Hanoi, Liu Ling in Guo Pei, Fairy and the evil Wang Rong, pretended to be a trip to the bamboo forest and was known as the' Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest' in the world."

Ji Kang made friends with Yang Shan, and only Ruan Ji of Liu Chen and Dan Tao of Hanoi made friends with him. He participated in Xiang embroidery in Hanoi, Liu Ling in Guo Pei, Ruan Xian, the nephew of Ruan Ji, and Wang Rong in Langxie, so he was called "Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest".

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Main works of seven sages of bamboo forest:

Ji Kang: Good at guqin. His works include Fu Qin, No Sorrow, No Happiness, Difficulty, Learning, Keeping in Good Health, Breaking Up with the Mountain Residence, Poems of Giving Scholars to Join the Army, etc.

Ruan Xian: He made the musical instrument of the same name-"Ruan Xian". He was proficient in melody, but left no works in literature.

Liu Ling: The Good Drunken, a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation, Ode to Wine Virtue.

Xiang Xiu: After the disintegration of the Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest, he wrote "Thinking of the Old".

Ruan Ji: The handed down work Biography of Mr. Adult is similar in style to Liu Ling's Ode to Wine Morality. There are 82 poems about the bosom, including On Dazhuang and Notes on Zheng Chong's Persuading the King of Jin.