Under this system, the highest court positions became the hereditary property of a few clans. Inevitably, in that era of political turmoil and frequent changes of rulers, the offspring of disempowered elite families often were unable to escape paying for weakness with their lives.
無奈當時兵連禍結、政權更迭頻繁，「膚脆骨柔，不堪行步；體羸氣弱，不耐寒暑」的士族子弟，流亡顛陂時往往難逃「坐死倉猝」的下場。