Art in life In addition to the rational, systematic approach to politics, research and education that characterized the Han dynasty, there was also a toughness that the Han inherited from their Qin predecessors, something of the frontier spirit of the peoples of the north. This led them to expand the boundaries of the empire, and challenge the limits of human longevity.
漢代在政治、學術、教育追求條理、秩序的理性思考外，仍承襲秦朝北方民族強悍的邊疆性格，生命力除在地理邊陲擴張，也不斷挑戰生命的極限，追求長生不老。