The Trend of Social Criticism in the Late Han Dynasty

The flourishing of Confucian classics in the Han Dynasty sparked a series of ills in the late Han Dynasty.In the process of discussing the ills such as putting the incidental before the fundamental,the method of the fundamental and the incidental view appeared and eventually became ontological basis of metaphysics in the Wei and the Jin Dynasties.The ideas of Lao Zi were absorbed and became active in the late Han Dynasty.This is another key link connecting Confucian classics and the Wei and Jin metaphysics,and from this we may find clear traces from the social critical thoughts in the late Han Dynasty.