Becki digregorio - seven worthies of the bamboo grove The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove ; a group of seven Taoist scholars and artists who lived in China during the 3rd century C.E., the most important of them being the poet and musician Hsi K'ang (224-263 C.E.). His companions were Juan Chi (210-263) and his nephew Juan Hsien, both of whom were also poets and musicians; Liu Ling (221-300), a ...