Why were people keen on gambling in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties?

Gambling is a worldwide entertainment activity, and its origin can be traced back to the Yin and Shang Dynasties. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, gambling reached its peak and became a national entertainment activity. So why can gambling have such a strong vitality and last for thousands of years?

Generally speaking, gambling is a game, but its bet has become wealth. The competitiveness of human beings and the pursuit of wealth have given gambling a strong vitality, so that gambling is still an entertainment activity for many people after dinner. It is precisely because gambling activities can improperly acquire property, and many people are addicted to gambling and eventually lose everything, so gambling has been explicitly banned by various countries.

However, in China, there was a dynasty in which gambling was a legal act in society. From officials of the emperor to ordinary people, they were addicted to gambling activities, that is, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

There was a word called romantic in Wei and Jin Dynasties. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the vigorous development of metaphysics had a great impact on orthodox Confucianism, and people's traditional ideas were changed and their code of conduct was shaken. With what? Ruan Ji, Ji Kang, Dan Tao, Liu Ling, Ruan Xian, Xiang Xiu and Wang Rong? The seven sages of the bamboo forest led by them often gather in the bamboo forest to drink and have fun, and the world has followed suit, which is a fashion. Therefore, drinking and gambling became a fashion and elegance in Wei and Jin Dynasties.

Whenever I think of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, I think of the beat generation in America, who were equally world-weary and bohemian. People have lived in the world for a short time, but for a hundred years, eating, drinking and having fun have been their normal life. Romantic and informal, this is what they think of as orthodoxy.

So that in the end, gambling has become a necessary knowledge and skill for everyone in society. This is a crazy gambling atmosphere, which means that people in the society have no desire to contribute to the society, and they all value their own enjoyment, which also laid a curse for the collapse of Wei and Jin Dynasties.

Finally, in my understanding, Wei and Jin Dynasties were a cool existence in ancient China, but this dynasty often failed to live long, leaving only a glimpse of China's long history.