What exactly is metaphysics?

Metaphysics is the study and explanation of Laozi, Zhuangzi and Zhouyi. Produced in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. It is the main philosophical trend of thought in Wei and Jin Dynasties, and it is a philosophical and cultural trend of thought produced by the integration of Taoism and Confucianism. Metaphysics, in terms of its philosophical category, can be called metaphysics. "Metaphysics" is simply an abstract meaning. Metaphysics is to explain and develop some abstract contents in an image way. Metaphysics in its prevailing era can also be called metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties. Metaphysics originated in Wei and Jin Dynasties and prevailed in Sui and Tang Dynasties, which was closely related to the society at that time. Wei and Jin Dynasties, to put it bluntly, were the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and the world was in chaos, so the culture was relatively prosperous. Generally speaking, the world is in chaos and a hundred schools of thought contend. There is a sentence that can sum up the characteristics of metaphysics: the spirit of Sui and Tang Dynasties and the character of Wei and Jin Dynasties. The combination of these two reasons determines that metaphysics not only has a mysterious and profound side, but also has the function of satisfying the spiritual world and comforting the soul. At the same time, it had a far-reaching impact on China culture, which was another collision and integration of China's thought after the pre-Qin period.

Later, the connotation of metaphysics was continuously expanded and enriched by later alchemists. There are five systems: mountain, medicine, life, divination and phase. The ideas of these metaphysical systems are based on the theory of Yin and Yang in the pre-Qin period, but they are not directly borrowed, mainly because of the rise of Taoism in the Han Dynasty. When they perfected their ideological system, they not only quoted Tao Te Ching as a classic, but also enriched the theory of Yin and Yang and the theory of five elements of morality, so metaphysics has a very deep relationship with Taoism.