china, cultivation of individuality, ji kang, musicians, philosophers, scholars, seven sages of the bamboo grove, writers

Meet Ancient China’s Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove

During the 3rd century CE, there lived a group of seven men in China known as the Seven Sages of The Bamboo Grove. They were philosophers, writers, musicians, and scholars who had a distaste for court life. As such, China’s seven sages used to gather around a bamboo grove near the house of their leader Ji ...

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Portraits of Ruan Ji and Ji Kang.