六朝会稽虞氏家族述略

A Brief Research on the Yu Clan in Kuiji During Six Dynasties

会稽虞氏是六朝著名的江东世家大族。自两汉之际南迁会稽余姚后 ,东汉末开始迅速发展 ,历六朝而不衰。在其发展过程中经历过三次打击。政治上 ,虞氏在孙吴、晋和刘宋前期时积极有为 ,其后则略显平庸。在家风上 ,在孙吴、晋朝允文允武。虞氏凭藉道德、事功 ,学术 ,强大的宗族和经济力量 ,友朋的援引以及善于处理与各种势力间的关系而使家族维持不坠。

The Yu clan in Kuiji is a famous aristocratic family of the Jiangdong area during Six Dynasties. After the clan migrated to Yuyao, Kuiji between the West and East Han Dynasties, it developed quickly in the late years of East-Han Dynasty and went down to posterity continuously through the whole Six Dynasties. The Yu clan suffered from three political thwartings in the period Six-Dynasty, yet sustained.The clan was actively involved in social and political undertaking in the kingdom of Wu and Jin and in the early years of Liu Song, but declined to mediocre state in the late years. The clan were well adept at both pen and sword by its heritage and maintained prosperous drawing strength with the combination of the clan's tremendous assets in high code of moraliy, the contribution to society, the academic achievements, the powerful clan and financial capacity, the assistance and support by friends, and the political skills in dealing with affairs between powers.