论魏晋士人的朝隐观

To Undertake Politics or to Live Reclusively: A Dilemma for Scholars in the Wei and the Jin Dynasties

出处问题是中国古代士人必然面临的问题,按照儒家的看法,士人面前通常只有两条路,或者为人臣,或者为处士。魏晋时期,由于社会的动荡不安,玄学的盛行,士人在隐与仕之间徘徊去就,其中许多人选择了一条非隐非仕的中间道路,这就是具有魏晋特色的“朝隐”。

To undertake politics or live reclusively is a dilemma that scholars in ancient China would inevitably encounter. In the eyes of a Confucian, there were conventionally two roads the scholars could take： to undertake politics, or live reclusively. Much due to the social instability and the prevailing metaphysics, scholars in the Wei and the Jin dynasties wandered between the above two alternatives. However, many of them resorted to an distinctive in-between solution known as ＂Chaoyin＂.