The Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties refer to the Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties. Namely, Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Zhe, Wang Anshi and Ceng Gong in the Tang Dynasty. Mao Kun, an anthologist in Ming Dynasty in China, compiled their works into Eight Banknotes of Tang and Song Dynasties, hence the name, and became famous for the wide spread of this anthology.