魏晉名士生逢亂世，對儒家名教的虛偽性深惡痛絕，冀追求一種自由獨立的人格理想。而對統治者的殘酷壓迫，他們又不得不明哲保身，遠嫌避禍，於是紛紛走向了崇尚老莊、酗酒佯狂、傲笑山林、不與時務的道路，開創了一種率性而為、任誕放達的風氣。首先，我們將探討在魏晉時代，名士們因所處於惡劣的政治環境下，所具有的特質，如服藥、飲酒、手執麈尾、任誕及嗜美風尚等。接著，再針對魏晉名士所進行的休閒活動加以說明，包括有知識類休閒活動，如清談及奕棋；娛樂類休閒活動，如鳥獸豢養及鬥戲；還有藝術類休閒活動，如遊賞山水園林、鑑賞人物和熱愛音樂等。

Wei and Jin dynasty scholars were born in troubled times. Norm of the Confucian abhorrence of hypocrisy. They want to pursue the ideal of a free and independent personality.The brutal oppression of the rulers, They also had to preserve what they have and avoid disaster.So one after another toward the respect for Lao-Zhuang. They alcohol and crazy and don’t do the current affairs. They have a dissolute life.First, we will explore the Wei and Jin dynasty scholars, celebrities who are due to the bad political environment and have a Characteristics, such as medication, alcohol in hand stag tail,behavior of debauchery and the pursuit of popularity, and so on. Then, again against the Wei and Jin dynasty scholars’ leisure activities carried out to illustrate, including the knowledge class leisure activities, such as talking and a game of chess. Entertainment leisure activities, such as birds fed and to enable the animal fights. There is art leisure activities, such as appreciating landscape garden, appreciation figures and love for music.