两汉时期追求世俗享乐的风气流行于社会上下, “乐”字因此成为汉诗中一个引人注目的字眼。汉诗对衣、食、住、行、游艺、两性等众多生活领域的描写都体现出汉人的享乐观念, 此观念大致可分为知足型和奢侈型两类, 并存在着滋蔓、强化和延伸现象。从享乐观念的新视角去作考察, 汉代诗歌别有一番天地。

Leading a comfortable life was a popular custom during the Han Dynasty. As a result, "pleasure" became a noticeable word in poems of that period. Those descriptions of life including clothes, food, housing, travel, recreation and sex in the Han poetry all manifested the people's idea of pursuing pleasure. Approximately, such an idea could be divided into two patterns: contented and luxurious. It had a tendency to spread, strengthen and extend, which was also shown in the poetry. From the idea of pursuing pleasure - a new angle of view, we may see a new world in the Han- dynasty poetry.