| 1 | The Wei-jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties are the period that the nationality migrates greatly, merges greatly in China's history . | |
| 2 | That the Germans were organized in gentes until the time of the migrations is beyond all doubt. | |
| 3 | This old so-called tribal nobility disappeared for the most part during the migrations or soon afterwards. | |
| 4 | And precisely the highest stage of barbarism, to which and in which the Germans worked their way upwards before the migrations, was the most favorable for this process. |