伦理政治是秦汉政治史领域中迄今缺乏深入研讨的重大课题。本文拟就新朝到东汉时期伦理政治演进状况评述其梗概,进一步廓清该时期伦理与政治结合的途径与真相,揭示其历史特征,从而更深刻地理解中古伦理政治的实质及其演嬗规律。伦理政治的得失,与新朝倏忽兴亡有着密切的内在关联。借助于道德政治的旗帜收揽人心,是王莽代汉的重要手段之一。西汉哀、平年代,皇朝步入夕阳之境,延续百余年的伦理政治已经徒具躯壳,命运危浅,当时政坛上可谓主荒 Ethical politics is a major issue in the field of political history of Qin and Han so far, lacking in-depth discussions. This article intends to comment on the outline of the evolution of ethics and politics in the period from the new dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty, further clarify the ways and truth of ethics and politics in this period, and reveal its historical features so as to understand more deeply the essence of medieval ethics and the law of its evolution. The pros and cons of ethical politics are closely inter-linked with the sudden decline of the new dynasty. Relying on the banner of moral politics to hold people’s hearts is one of the important means of Wang Mang on behalf of the Han Dynasty. Western Han sorrow, the era of peace, the dynasty into the setting sun, the ethics of the more than a hundred years has been barefoot, fate, when the main political arena