Why did celebrities in Wei and Jin Dynasties love metaphysics?

Metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties is somewhat different from the so-called metaphysics in the secular world. It was an ideological trend of advocating Laozi and Zhuangzi in that special period of Wei and Jin Dynasties. Celebrities in Wei and Jin Dynasties paid attention to the study of Laozi, Zhuangzi and Zhouyi. At that time, there appeared schools of metaphysics represented by Yanhe, Wang Bi, Ruan Ji, Ji Kang and Xiang Xiu. The discussion in the early stage of metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties inherited the discussion atmosphere in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Theoretically, I focus on the way of Laozi and Zhuangzi, but I mainly study practical problems and Confucian philosophy. Metaphysicists in the bamboo forest period, represented by Ruan Ji and Ji Kang, advocated nature and flaunted the knowledge of Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi. Unwilling to cooperate with Sima regime, living in seclusion in the mountains, pursuing quietism and returning to nature. In the later stage of the development of metaphysics, it has no practical political significance, but has become a metaphysical statement in mouth or on paper. It was used to decorate the identity of literati in the Ming Dynasty, and began to show a trend of integration with Buddhism.

Metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties is somewhat different from the so-called metaphysics in the secular world. It was an ideological trend of advocating Laozi and Zhuangzi in that special period of Wei and Jin Dynasties. Celebrities in Wei and Jin Dynasties paid attention to the study of Laozi, Zhuangzi and Zhouyi. At that time, there appeared schools of metaphysics represented by Yanhe, Wang Bi, Ruan Ji, Ji Kang and Xiang Xiu. The discussion in the early stage of metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties inherited the discussion atmosphere in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Theoretically, I focus on the way of Laozi and Zhuangzi, but I mainly study practical problems and Confucian philosophy. Metaphysicists in the bamboo forest period, represented by Ruan Ji and Ji Kang, advocated nature and flaunted the knowledge of Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi. Unwilling to cooperate with Sima regime, living in seclusion in the mountains, pursuing quietism and returning to nature. In the later stage of the development of metaphysics, it has no practical political significance, but has become a metaphysical statement in mouth or on paper. It was used to decorate the identity of literati in the Ming Dynasty, and began to show a trend of integration with Buddhism.

The core of metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties involves all fields of philosophy, which has something in common with some viewpoints of Buddhism, and combines the thoughts of Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi to make it localized. The development and achievements of metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties broadened the connotation of China's ideological circle and laid the foundation for the confluence of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. If you want to know more about the formation and development of metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties, you can read Tang Yongtong's On Metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties, Tang Yijie's National Elephant and Metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties (third edition), and Lu Xun's Wei and Jin demeanor.

Metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties is the ideological achievement of scholars who saved themselves and survived in troubled times and were eager to rebuild social order because of their inability to change the status quo. This is probably the reflection of self-worth and the avoidance of practical problems by literati living in an era of luxury, short life and unprecedented chaos. ?