Cultural Essence and Features of Literature in the Western Jin Dynasty on Twenty-four Scholars

The appearance of twenty-four scholors in the Western Jin Dynasty(A.D.265-316)resulted from the specific political situation at that time,when the so-called emperor was inn-treated by the real controller.Furthermore,it is also a typical case of scholars′s depending on their patrons because of power politics.All of the twenty-four men tried their best to flatter the dignitaries so that they were all good at writing,especially lu Ji and Yue Pan,who paid great attention to diction and techniques in their poetry,could represent the highest achivement to diction and techniques in their poetry,could represent the highest achivement then.Among the twenty-four scholars readers may find out the exact cultural essence and the style and features of literature in the Western Jin Dynasty(A.D.265-316).