南方土著豪族的崛起及陈朝的建立，被视作东晋南朝三百年间政治社会上的大变动。然而在文化上，陈朝却认同士族文化。推究其因，与陈氏出身有关。陈霸先在萧梁时期的地位虽然一度接近专役户、军户，但其身份仍为士族。陈文帝更是自列于士林，并委任侨、吴高门与皇子游处，涵养其风仪。陈宣帝的太子按照士族的政治观念来处理东宫政务。陈朝的士族文化认同，由皇室对士族仪表与知识的认同，演进至对政治文化的认同，这促成了陈朝的政权性质趋同于晋宋齐梁，从而使江左王朝的政治传统得以延续。

The foundation of the Chen Dynasty together with the rising of the noble aboriginal families in the south, was regarded as a major political and social transformation in the three-hundred period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties. All the emperors of Chen Dynasty, however, chose to identify with the aristocracy culture. The reason is related to CHEN’s family background. CHEN Ba-xian’s position in the Liang Dynasty was once close to that of an exclusive serviceman or a military household, but he still belonged to the aristocracy class. Emperor Wen in the CHEN family listed himself among the literati and scholars, and designated celebrities in the aristocracy class to accompany his sons day and night to cultivate them with the noble demeanor and cultural self-restraint. The crown prince of Emperor Xuan personally handled the affairs of the Eastern Palace according to the political culture of the aristocracy. As a result, the CHEN family’s identification of the aristocratic culture in the Chen Dynasty evolved from the recognition of manners and knowledge to that of political tradition. This contributes to the fact that the character of the regime of the Chen Dynasty was similar to that of the Jin, Song, Qi and Liang Dynasties and the political tradition of the Southern Dynasties was inherited.