The Xiao's Clan From Lanling And The Development Of The Southern Dynasties' Academic And Culture

The Xiao family from Lanling was once a very eminent lineage in medieval times of China.Xiao Daocheng, Xiao Yan, who established Southern Qi and Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties, has pushed the reform of political and economic system. And the Xiao family was also a scholarly lineage, which families achieved quite a lot in many domains of culture, and have contributed to the development of the Southern Dynasties'academics. This paper focus on the Xiao family's achievement of History,Buddhism and others in the field of culture, involves three parts of contents: The achievement of the Xiao family of Lanling on historical documents'compilation of the Southern Dynasties; Advocating Buddhism and the impact of the Xiao family on the theory and practice of Chinese Buddhism;The relationship between the Xiao family and the development of the Southern Dynasties'culture,arts,science and technology. In addition, the author researched the development of the Southern Dynasties in the perspective of lineage, analysis the role and impact of the Xiao family on the development of the Chinese culture.Through the article which on the basis of rich historical materials, we know the Xiao family from Lanling's cultural achievements and its status of Chinese cultural history, and it provides a new perspective, new methods and new discovery for the research on history of the Wei-Jin and Southern-Northern Dynasties academic and culture.