Through closely examining the story of ‘zhi gueng hau he’, this paper aims to lay bare the concept of zhuengqing that characterizes the lives and people of Wei-Jin dynasties. Moreover, this study manifests a point of departure from existing scholarship on fanghe to duanhe by adoping a multidisciplinary perspective that embraces historical development, literary form, and philosophical dialectics. Thus, it revitalizes the study of “zhi gueng hau he”, reinvestigates its profound meaning, and uses tiwuguanhe as a transition. It points out a chain of being that characterizes Wei-Jin people: a firm basis on tiwu that links zhuenqing, a development into guanhe that links daozhi, and support for wu that culminates in dao. This chain of being can serve as a model from which to understand the concept of zhuengqinshengming (“commitment to being”) in Wei-Jin dynasties. Finally, this paper compares different conceptions and models of wuyiyiwu in order to highlight why jihkanghaole and ‘shengwuaiueluen’ exemplify an ideal manifestation of wuyiyiwu and to delve into how the creative mind of Wei-Jin people was forged.