| By the influence of time and origin, Ge Hong safeguarded the interests of the officials and ruling class vigorously. He focused on real political needs, his ideas were based on integration of previous ideas, lacking of features and systemic. Also, he even had the contradictive viewpoint on the same question. Therefore his political thought had not been taken seriously for a long time. Although Ge Hong's political thought had too little characteristics and innovation, but in the era of the sense that a royal minister weak, political unrest and full of acts unworthy of the name, what Ge Hong advocated had the signification of critical realistic it also was very relevant and realistic, including the reinforcement of the monarchical power through the Limitation on the right of persons, use of virtue and Penalty, the expedition on person-employing view... |