臨終詩是六朝時期一類特殊的文學作品，大多作於臨刑之際，詩中內容所書寫的死亡焦慮以及對死亡恐懼的消弭，鮮少見於同一時期的其他作品。《文選》詩丙「詠懷」類下收有歐陽建〈臨終詩〉一篇，歐陽建不以詩名，孔融、苻朗、謝靈運、范曄等皆作有〈臨終詩〉，何以蕭統獨厚歐陽建？本文欲藉由歐陽建與謝靈運〈臨終詩〉的對讀，探究二人面對死亡之際全然迥異生死觀，並參照六朝時期其他臨終詩篇，以求凸顯出在臨終詩創作的歷史脈絡中，歐陽建〈臨終詩〉在文學史上的獨特性。

Dying poem was a unique kind of literature prevailing exclusively during the Six Dynasties. They were mostly composed before the execution. The anxiety for death and the elimination of the fear of death in the poem were rarely seen in other literatures at the same period. Xenxuan collected the dying poem by Ouyang, Jian. However, Kong, Rong; Fu, Lang; Hsie, Ling-Yun; and Fan, Ye all had dying poems Ouyang while Jian was not known for his poem. So, why Hsiao, Tong only favored Ouyang, Jian? The study attempted to compare the dying poem by Ouyang, Jian and Hsie, Ling-Yun respectively and discuss their widely different notions of death. Other dying poems during the Six Dynasties were also referred to show the uniqueness of the dying poem by Ouyang, Jian in the historical context of dying poems.