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Abstract:: Landscape began to appear as an independent aesthetic image in the literary works in the Southern Dynasties. On the cause for this literary phenomenon, many theorists have offered their opinions. This paper tries to explore the inner link between chuchu (出处, seeking official positions or withdrawing from such positions) and enjoying the landscape through observing the cases of three Xies (i.e. Xie An, Xie Lingyun and Xie Tiao) in the Chen prefecture. First, Xie An had a life of pleasure, resolving his pain through enjoying the beautiful landscape; Xie Lingyun developed his philosophy out of the landscape, thus laying a foundation for the thriving of the theme of scenery in poetry. Xie Tiao integrated the joy brought about by the landscape into his everyday life when serving in the government. The landscape ultimately became a spiritual refuge for government officials against their pains of living a nasty life.