| Confucian scholars in Wei and Jin Dynasties which is, on one hand, filled with chaos and disorders, on the other hand, deemed as a relatively loose political environment, behave elegantly in appearance, but hide their tremendous distress and melancholy in their inner heart. Ruan Ji, a typical person of Wei-Jin Demeanor, throws his life into an extremely contradictory condition. Though he pretends to appear elegantly and freely, he cannot actually keep out of worldly affairs and profane honor. By combining the background of turbulent political and complex culture, analyzing Ruan Ji’s choice of life path, his self-awareness and life plight, this paper aims at clarifying Ruan Ji’s journey of the heart and life path and studying further the self-awareness of confucian scholars in Wei and Jin Dynasties, their choices of life path and different life ending. |
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