Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties aristocratic families and Literature

During Weijinnanbei dynasty, the air of honoring literature was very popular, and the social status of literature became more important than ever. Numerous clans pandered to the choice of value and actively took up writing in order to get honor and benefit and to maintain social position and reputation of clans. The literary creation was monopolized by ten to twenty clans and imperial kinsmen, and the phenomenon of many writers from certain clans came to apex in Weijinnanbei dynasty, especially Nan dynasty. The phenomenon of many writers from certain clans came from two drives: externally the fashion that society honored literature touched clans, but more importantly, internally clans paid attention to juniors’ education of artistic appreciation and actively and systematically developed juniors’ literature ability. The clans of Weijinnanbei dynasty played a significant role in literature development. The writers of Xie clans from Yiang Xia, Chen county made great efforts in more than one hundred years, and finally took the landscape literature into an important literature subject matter from the auxiliary method in discussing and arguing Xuan philosophy, moreover made many arduous attempts in artistry.