On Laots-ming and the Understanding of Laots in Eastern-han Dynasty

Under the orders of the emperor of Han-huandi,Bianshao composed a posy that named Laots-ming in the later years of Eastern-han Dynasty.This is the earliest detailed record of feting and apotheosizing Laots in history.Different from the Western-han Dynasty which attaches much importance to the political significance of Laots,the emperor Han-huandi's action of feting Laots was an action of preserving emperor's health and aspiring after fecundity and longevity.The content of this posy not only reflects the fact and the reason of the court's and folk's feting and apotheosizing Laots in the last phase of Eastern-han Dynasty,but also manifested the posy's author Bianshao's rational attitude to Laots.