Abstract:
The noble literature refers to literature contributed by noble scholars which mainly reflects consciousness and aesthetic taste of the nobility. Chinese literature in the Han, the Wei, and the Eastern and the Western Jin Dynasty was clearly characteristic of noble literature. Lu Ji, Sun Chuo, and Xie Lingyun were the leading personalities of the noble literature in the Eastern and the Western Jin dynasty. There were two groups of noble scholars in the imperial title of Taikang, the Southeastern group of noble scholars headed by the two Lu’s, and the Jingu group headed by Shichong, whose tastes of life were both characterized by “excellence of position and reputation”. However, time witnessed the mode of life of noble scholars in the imperial title of Yonghe turn from the noble scholars in the Western Jin Dynasty’s to “remaining calm and adapting to the times”. Similarly, noble scholars in the imperial title of Yuanjia advocated the conception of “taking the character and the world as equally essential ”, who sought a spiritual escape in describing the natural state of water and mountains.
