谢氏历来被视为东晋世族的代表，但随着东晋王朝的轰然倒塌，当年风光无限的谢氏一族的后裔们也迎来了重大的转关。虽然依仗先辈们昔日的荣光，谢氏子弟对于新的统治者们来说还有种种的利用价值，但另一方面，他们巨大的影响力又让统治者们十分忌惮而想方设法对之进行削弱。在政坛世风的急剧变化以及权力的洗牌之中，谢氏族人面对着种朓种的选择与困境，这也导致了其家族各个支脉之间的巨大分歧，其中，谢瞻、谢庄、谢三人的命运便是谢氏一族乃至整个世族阶层在南朝沉浮的缩影。通过对此三人的个案研究，特别是从其文学作品中，可以清楚地感受到世族的日渐式微，以及世族子弟在新的社会结构之中的挣扎与困顿，这与之前他们那种沉浸于奢靡唯美的生活中的形象有很大的出入。%Family Xie had been regarded as the representative of the aristocracy in Eastern Jin Dynasty, during which time, they were glorious and prosperous. However, with the collapse of this Dynasty, their descendants were confronted with great challenges. On one hand, depending on their ancestors’ glory and honor, they were still useful to the new rulers but on the other hand, their great influences were forced to be weakened in every possible way by those rulers who were afraid of this Family’s threat. During the course of the dramatic political changes and power’s alternations, Family Xie had to be faced with various choices and predicaments, which bring about a big divergence among this Family’s branches. Among them, Xie Zhan, Xie Zhuang and Xie Tiao were regarded as an epitome of the rise and fall of Family Xie as well as the whole aristocracy in Southern Dynasty. In accordance with the case study on the three persons, the gradual decline of the aristocracy and their descendants’ struggle and distress in a new society can be clearly seen in their literary works, which forms a big gap compared to their previous extravagant and enjoyable life.
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