Wang Xie Yuan Xiao
Langya Wang clan, Chenjun Xie clan, Chenjun Yuan clan, Lanling Xiao clan
The Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties were the period when noble clans ruled, Langya The Wang family and the Xie family of Chenjun are the leaders of the high-level gentry clan, followed by the Yuan family of Chenjun and the Xiao family of Lanling. The Yuan family in Chen County married the Xie family, Wang family, and Xiao family. Wang, Xie, Yuan, and Xiao were collectively known as the four most prosperous families.
According to records in "Book of Jin", "History of the South" and other books, the mothers of brothers Yuan Zhan and Yuan Bao were the nieces of Xie An, the prime minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Yuan Zhan married Xie An's nephew and the famous general Xie Xuanzhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The daughter is his wife; Yuan Zhan's nephew is Xie Xuan of Chen County; Yuan Can's mother is the daughter of Langya Wang family and Taiwei Chang Shi Wangdan. Because of this relationship, they support each other, form a community of interests, and play a role in the political arena.
The queen of Emperor Wen of the Southern Dynasty, Yuan Zhai, was the daughter of Yuan Zhan, the Taiwei of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The daughter of Yuan Jian, the internal historian of Wuling in the Southern Dynasty, married Xiao Ziliang, the son of Emperor Wu of Qi, Prince Jingling.
When Xie Daoyun was the daughter of General Xie Yi of Anxi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, she married into the well-matched Wang family and became the wife of Wang Ningzhi and the daughter-in-law of the great calligrapher Wang Xizhi (Wang Ningzhi is his second son).
< p>In the north there are the Li family of Longxi and the Yang family of Hongnong.