两汉时期人们对于生死的看法 ,不尽相同。西汉仙论最盛 ;东汉鬼论发达 ,二者同样源于汉代发生的对于生死的自觉认识和体验 ,后者比前者更为深刻地意识到了生命的短暂、死亡的恐惧。两汉生死观念的变迁也通过画像艺术生动地表现出来 The two people’s views on life and death during the Han Dynasty vary. The most prospective of the Western Han Dynasty immortals; Eastern Han Dynasty ghost developed, both from the Han Dynasty also occurred for the conscious and experience of life and death, the latter than the former is more aware of the short life, the fear of death. The vicissitudes of life and death in the Han Dynasty also vividly demonstrated through portrait art