Wang Chong's Lun Heng was a work in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Wang Chong was a thinker and literary critic in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and was the successor and developer of Taoism in the Han Dynasty. His masterpiece Lun Heng is a materialistic philosophical document, which established a relatively complete system of ancient materialism. ?

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Confucianism dominated the ideological field, but different from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Confucianism was mystical and mixed with divination theory, which made Confucianism become? Confucianism? . And its owner is not the same? Guo Xian? The classic is Yi Tong, the white tiger appointed by the emperor. Wang Chong's book Lun Heng aims to criticize this kind of Confucian prophecy and mysticism. Lun Heng expounds micro-theory, explains secular doubts and distinguishes right from wrong. Real? As a basis, the disease is false. ? Constant? The original meaning of the word is balance, and Lun Heng is the balance to evaluate the value of speech at that time.

There have been different opinions on Wang Chong and his Lun Heng in the past dynasties, and there are different opinions on it. For example, Xie Yiwu called Wang Chong a genius. Although Monk (Mencius) and Sun Qing (Xunzi) were closely related to Han Yang Xiong and Sima Qian in their previous lives, they could not live together. ? Lift Wang Chong high enough. Bao Puzi thinks? If the writing is flawed, it is like the dead branches of Deng Lin. If it is like mustard in the sea, it will not degenerate easily. ? And Cai Yong and Wang Lang saw it? On the whole? For what? Different books? , refused to show people easily. Liu Xizai praised Wang Chong and said? Wang Chong's Lun Heng has his own opinions and unique thoughts. ? It is not until recent decades that we have a more objective understanding and systematic study of Wang Chong's Lun Heng. Although there are still many differences in the study of Lun Heng, and some problems need to be further discussed, it is certain that this book is showing its ideological glory day by day.

Lun Heng is the most critical materialistic and atheistic work in the history of China's philosophy. As soon as it came out, it was regarded as heresy and attacked, so that people dared not read it in public at that time, but it had a great influence on later generations. There are no annotations in the ancient Lun Heng, only the modern Lun Heng Zhu and the Sui Lun Heng Ji.