Emphasizing Military Affairs and the Change of Social Status of Shen Family of Wuxing from Eastern Jin to Southern Dynasty

Believing that the family should be made powerful militarily,Shen family from Wukang of Wuxing greatly influenced the political situation of Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasty since its appearance between the Eastern Western Jin Dynasties.The family created military officers through generations.During the Eastern Jin Dynasty,Shen family emphasized military affairs and made the aristocratic(society) unstable,the family itself might be destoried as well,but the social change between Jin and Song Dynasties provided an excellent opportunity for the family to rise.As a result,the family reached its zenith between Song and Qi Dynasties.In the course of its rising,the family was influenced by the customs of aristocratic society and turned to emphasize culture.In the late Southern Dynasty,the family's scholars going in for military(affairs) only represented the vestige of its former family style.