入唐八家 rù táng bā jiā

rù táng bā jiā phrase eight monastics who visited the Tang
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Japanese: nittō hakkei; refers to the eight Japanese monks who visited China in the Tang dynasty, namely: 最澄 Saichō, 空海 Kūkai, 常曉 Jōgyō, 圓行 Engyō, 慧運 Eun, 宗睿 Soei, 圓仁 Ennin, 圓珍 Enchin (FGDB '入唐八家'; SH '入唐八家', p. 33; Wang 2014, p. 218; Wikipedia '入唐八家')