As the cooperated body with Institute of History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the base aims at studying history of Eastern Han Dynasty and seeking for the essence of traditional culture.The base has mainly researched in four areas: political systems and culture in Eastern Han with Liu Xiu and Zhuge Liang as the representatives, history of ideas on science and technology and culture in Eastern Han with Zhang Heng’s ideas as the core, Chinese traditional medicine in Eastern Han with Zhang Zhongjing and his theories as the core, irrigation and water conservancy in Eastern Han with Du Shi as the representative.