东汉前期是儒学极盛的时代,儒家的礼教规范深刻地影响着甚至主导着人们的道德观念和日常生活行为方式。但到了东汉中后期,儒学一家独尊的地位已岌岌可危。相应的,儒家的礼教规范也逐渐懈怠,不合乎儒家规范的社会逾制行为逐渐增多,以强调个性、推崇自由为特点的老庄之学在东汉中后期的勃兴,进一步为社会 The early Eastern Han Dynasty was the era of the great Confucianism. The Confucian norms of ethics profoundly influenced and even dominated people’s moral concepts and behaviors in daily life. However, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Confucianism was in a precarious position. Correspondingly, the norms of Confucian ethics and rites also gradually slacken off, and social overruns that are not in line with Confucianism are gradually increasing. With the emphasis on individuality and esteem for freedom, the school of Lao and Zhuang flourished in the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty,