

All the biographies in About Me's are taken from
consisting mostly of literary figures between the Han 漢 to the Sui 隋 dynasties. During this "Early Medieval" period, traditionally known as the Six Dynasties 六朝 (Wei 魏, Jin 晉, Song 宋, Qi 齊, Liang 梁, Chen 陳), almost all literati (men of letters) came from the "great families", or aristocracy, that dominated the court. Most notable are the Wang 王 from Langye 琅邪 and the Xie 謝 from Chenjun 陳郡, as well as the imperial families (particularly the Cao 曹 of the Wei dynasty, the Xiao 蕭 of the Southern Qi and the Liang dynasties) that produced many literary figures.