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). First rising to prominence in the

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period, they retained their importance throughout the Southern dynasties in the

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period, along with such clans as the

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, with which they were often associated as "Wang-Xie" ().

Prominent Members

Xie An Xie An (謝安) (320 – 12 October 385), courtesy name Anshi (安石), formally Duke Wenjing of Luling (廬陵文靖公), also known as "Xie Dongshan" (谢东山, "dongshan" literally 'East mount'), was a Chinese politician of the Eastern Jin d ...

(320–385), Eastern Jin statesman, overall commander at the Battle of the Fei River *

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(320–361), Jin general *

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(327–389), Jin general *

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(343–388), Jin general *

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(340 – after 399), poet and calligrapher, daughter-in-law of

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(385–433), poet and pioneer of 'mountain-and-water poetry'

References

{{Reflist Chinese clans Jin dynasty (266–420)