In addition, although the idea of recluses itself greatly changed depending on periods, it can be roughly classified into the period of Confucianist recluse before the Six Dynasties and the period of rivalry between the recluse of Confucianists and the one of Taoists after that.
またこの隠逸そのものの考え方も時代的変遷が著しいが、大まかに六朝以前を儒家的隠逸、以降を儒家的隠逸と道家的隠逸のせめぎ合いというように分けることができる。