 While being politically influential, the Pei family was also renowned for their scholarship in the study of Confucian classics.The eight Peis (八裴) refer to eight siblings from the Pei family whose fame was on par with the Wang family of Langya, another political family who played an important role in the Six Dynasties era.During the Six Dynasties era, the members of the Pei family served different empires and each of them contributed to the cementing of the Pei family's political influence.