| 1 | In order to fight with the local Confucianism bureaucrats, they support the bureaucrats from the north. | |
| 2 | The celebrities in the late Eastern Han Dynasty were the predecessors of the nobles in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. | |
| 3 | Immortal Taoism originally was the product of the literati culture and had a great influence on the literati and the personages. Ji Kang was a typical case. | |
| 4 | The noble literature refers to literature contributed by noble scholars which mainly reflects consciousness and aesthetic taste of the nobility. | |
| 5 | During Jin Dynasty scholar-officials and power families set their privileges in politics and economy and they also desired to get privileges in education. |