汉代的政治文化有其独特之处。就传统文化中的道统问题而言，一方面，汉代士人继承了先秦时代那种以“道”自恃、自任的独立精神，面对已然变化的时势，仍汲汲追求“道”尊于“势”、道统高于政统的政治和人格理想，但是遭到了与秦朝“焚书坑儒”同样酷烈的打压和制裁，由此破灭了汉代士人的道统观念。另一方面，大一统政治对隐逸文化系统中道统表现的宽容和奖劝，使之继续存在下来，间接地影响、作用于与之关系紧密的社会政治系统及其中的士人，从而使道统在大一统时代并没真正湮灭过，相反，它转化成了士人精神文化性格中的重要因素，以此而对中国社会政治文化传统产生了巨大、深远的影响。 Han’s political culture has its own unique characteristics. On the one hand, the Han Dynasty scholar inherited the “independence” spirit of “preaching and self-reliance” during the pre-Qin period. In the face of the changing trend of the times, The Taoism was higher than that of the political and personality ideals of the political system, but was similarly suppressed and sanctioned by the Qin Dynasty “burning books and crafting Confucianism,” thus breaking the moral conception of the scholars in Han Dynasty. On the other hand, the tolerance and persuasion of monolithic politics on the performance of monastic traditions in the seclusion culture system have continued to exist and indirectly affect and influence the social and political system in which it is closely linked and the scholars among them, The Great Unification era has not really annihilated it. On the contrary, it has transformed into an important factor in the spiritual and cultural character of intellectuals. This has had a huge and far-reaching impact on the social, political and cultural traditions of China.