Chen Xianda And Southern Qi Politics

Chen Xianda(陈显达)(427-500)was an important military general of the Southern Qi.His life span from the end of Song Dynasty to the end of Qi witnessed the rise and fall of the Southern Qi Chen Xianda(陈显达)was born a little cold,in the Song Qi Yi Dynasty to assist Xiao Daocheng(萧道成)to build Qi,became the founding father of the Southern Qi;During the period of Emperor Wudi of the Qi Dynasty,Chen Xianda(陈显达)was different from the other two generals,Yuan Chongzu(垣崇祖)and Zhang Jinger(张敬儿).When Xiao Luan(萧鸾)deposed King Yulin and seized the throne,Chen Xianda(陈显达)chose to stand on Xiao Luan’(萧鸾)s side in the turbulent political struggle in the Southern Qi.But after Xiao Baojuan(萧宝卷)came to the throne,Chen Xianda(陈显达)killed the hero,so he rebelled against the court,and was eventually killed.Chen Xianda(陈显达)made many political choices in his life,and these choices were shrewd and clever,and he sided with most of the Southern Qi ruling clique each time.Therefore,from the ups and downs of Chen Xianda(陈显达),we can have an insight into some characteristics of the politics of Southern Qi.The Southern Qi Dynasty inherited the political and military situation since the middle and late period of the Liu Song Dynasty.Politically,the royal family and the emerging noble and noble people from poor families gained the dominant position in the political life,and the aristocratic families became weaker and weaker.Militarily,the entire Southern Qi period was at a disadvantage against the Northern Wei since the"scourge of the southern qi"in the reign of Emperor Mingdi,Liu Song.In this situation,the special relationship between the emperor and the ministers from the poor family and poor people was formed,which affected the political stability of the southern qi.As a founding hero of the southern qi,Chen Xianda’(陈显达)s political choices often reflected the trend of the whole group of founding leaders of the southern qi,his final rebellion represented the group’s complete disappointment to the royal family of the southern qi,and the time to establish a new dynasty had come.