The moniker "Beijing Eight Eccentrics" originally came from the Qian King's Mansion.
In the past, the Jianghu World didn't have rankings like top ten martial artists or top ten beauties.
For one thing, information didn't travel smoothly—you couldn't expect your local reputation to carry over to other areas.
On the other hand, as a player in the Jianghu World aged, they became more cautious. The more formidable the martial artist, the more humble and reserved they'd be—not like the hot-blooded youngsters, brandishing their watermelon knives, looking to climb the ranks.
As for beauties... Well, any decent girl was spoken for before she came of age, so how could they possibly be set loose to parade before the masses and fuel the lowly daydreams of commoners?