An Analysis of Scholars' Individual Consciousness in Donghan Dynasty Based on the Three Sages' Standpoints of Natural Law
Wang Chong,Wang Fu and Zhongchang Tong,three sages of Donghan dynasty,had works of Lunheng,Qianfulun and Changyan,all discussing the natural law.Wang Chong pointed out that natural law had nothing to do with the mankind,which saved people from the thought of inter-response between heaven and mankind;Wang Fu maintained that the natural law was for giving,the earth was for growing and the mankind was for acting,which emphasized the vital function of people;Zhongchang Tong further brought forward the viewpoint that the natural law was trivial while the human affairs were important.The development of these sages' viewpoints about natural law is also the process of thought liberation of the scholars in Donghan dynasty,which inherited the old thought of interaction between heaven and mankind and indicated the new pulse of metaphysics in later ages,reflecting the unremitting efforts of breaking through kismet and seeking after individual value made by scholars in Dognhan dynasty.