In Chinese history, the Jin Dynasty rarely appeared in people's field of vision, but during this period there were many celebrities, such as Wang Xizhi, Xie Daoyun, Tao Yuanming, etc., in these people looking for a man who can be said to be perfect, he is Xie An.
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He was a well-known politician at the time, his father was Taichang, in charge of many things in the dynasty's temple sacrifices, and his brother was a famous general in the army, and he was the prime minister of the dynasty. His family was a large clan at that time, although his surname was the latest to develop, but within a few years his family lineage was in the four major families, and in Yuzhou at that time, most of the officials were surnamed Xie, what is the concept of this must be clear to everyone.
It is precisely because he was born in such a family that his life is very rich, which makes him develop an open-minded and indifferent personality. At that time, there were many children of the official family whose appearance was very bright, but there was not much knowledge in the belly, and he was an exception, because he was well educated, and he was born good-looking, and he was praised by many literati from a young age as a rare young talent. But his ambitions were not in the official field, so he had always been less enthusiastic about the recruitment of the imperial court, and whenever there was a will to call him to be an official, he was blocked by him on the grounds of illness, in his opinion, compared to the career of the officialdom, he preferred to play in the mountains and rivers and be an idle wanderer.
Since he didn't want to be an official, why did he become a generation of prime ministers? Because he once used his strength to break Huan Wen's plan to seek power and usurp the throne, saving the Jin Dynasty's Jiangshan. Because when he was far away from the court, the Xie family suffered great changes, his brother died of illness one after another, and his brother was demoted to an official position, as the most leisurely person in the family, he could only take on the responsibility of revitalizing the Xie family.
In 360 AD, at the warm invitation of Huan Wen, he entered the dynasty and began a life of official ups and downs. Huan Wen was very appreciative of him and took him to the front line to fight, but at that time, he had already sensed this person's ambition and did not want to get involved in Huan Wen's whirlpool, so he found a good time, saying that the family was sick and rushed back to the dprk. With his own intelligence, he has always kept a distance from Huan Wen without huan wen noticing.
At that time, the emperor had been deposed by Huan Wen several times, and there were troubles inside and outside the korean situation, he, as a righteous party, took the lead in stopping the traitors' actions to seize power, it can be said that the Jin Dynasty was able to survive is his credit, the historical Battle of Shuishui is famous for winning more with less, which is also from his handwriting, which shows that his military ability is also outstanding. Xie An restored the status of the Xie family with his own strength, even more brilliant than before, because the overall situation had been decided, he resigned from his position in the court and became an idle essayist again.