kuoperiodortheperiodofthe”s”</p>
402221b.c.hstaendingitsterritory</p>
tovirtuallythehepartofthethencivilized</p>
a.thelosedhtheand</p>
reunificationoftheribehastrong</p>
xtureofbarbarianbloodandfncusto,ledbythe</p>
greateeror.</p>
fair.</p>
overpopulation,snatureberegularlyreachedinfourorfivehundred</p>
yearsofpeaportantfaultureinanyuntryin</p>
theohistory,andthereisnoreason</p>
sto</p>
offeranotherobviousexplanation.thereoralfibrereflectedin</p>
poetryandliteratureduringtheseperiodsofnortheandsouthesecessionand</p>
rivalry,asalreadyseeninthepoequotedaboveinthischapter.theperiodof</p>
northeinvasioninthefirstle,thesocalled</p>
sixdynasties,froastetotheunificationofaundersui,duringh</p>
northongoldynasty</p>
inclusive,seeohaverrespondedinacyoflivingand</p>
deceofliterarystyle,thefirstperiodnotedforitsartificialandfloweryssuliu</p>
euphuistiiintalpoetry.oneobserves,</p>
infaotapaucitybutanoverabundaotheirfi</p>
nuanellofthesoil,butthedet,cultivated,superrefined</p>
flavourofurtperfu.theeseshoainfiicledelightinthe</p>
soundsoferefiinliteraryandartistiritidin</p>
aristohabitsofliving.</p>
foritheseperiodsthatpaintingandcalligraphyflourished,andaristo</p>
faliesroseaablishedtheelvestocarryoistictradition.ese</p>
literaryisirstbesciousofitselfinthesixdynasties,andwang</p>
hsichih,thefirstaestcalligraphist,ily,</p>
livedinthisperiod.politicalehohartistic</p>
refi,andsoutheaheseperiodsbykings</p>
keeptheirthronessecurebutuldeexquisiteverse.suchrulerpoetswereliang</p>
kingsofextrelyshortlived</p>
dynastiesandperorhuigofthesouthe</p>
sungdynastyedpainter.</p>
yetitfortheracialrevivalhe</p>
northenquerorsreinednquerorsonlyinofficialpohesubstrata</p>
reiningese.thegreatnorthey,hesienpei</p>
raarriedhtheese.</p>
sosinthesungdynastylargelyese.</p>
aferntingprocessurally,theseperiodswereperiodsof</p>
perationninfluenandindiansculptureinthe</p>
endofthefirstongoldraandsithatofthesendle.the</p>
ixtureisperhapstobefoundinthelinguistid</p>
physiodenortheese,\vithalteredtonesandhardened</p>
nsonantsinthelanguage,andatallerstatureandagayrustichuurinthepeople.</p>
italgationnbloodthatatedfor,teextent,the</p>
raceslongsurvival.</p>
iv.culturalstability</p>
yetthisdoesnotexplainall.thequestionreinshohenation</p>
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