On the Culture of the Royal Family in the Liang Dynasty

The royal family of the Liang Dynasty was originally poor, not famous for its culture. But with the rise of Emperor Wudi (Hsiao Yen) of the Liang Dynasty, the royal family began to value the accumulation of culture, and wrote a lot of books in the Confucian classics, history, metaphysics, etc. under the influence of the then milieu that favored literature. In the field of literature and art, such as poetry, calligraphy and painting, Emperor Wudi and his offspring practiced what their preached and prompted the prosperity of the royal family culture. In addition, they carried out a policy that favored literature and in turn deeply affected the selection of the government officials, thus resulting in the change of the scholar-bureaucrats lifestyle. Later, some of their offspring outlived the Liang Dynasty, became citizens in Northern Zhou, Northern Qi, Sui, and Tang Dynasties and furthered the integration of the Southern and Northern cultures.