The dissertation aims to provide more excavated evidence and historical documents so as to define the symbolic meaning the bestowed staffs carried in Han Dynasty, as well at to figure out the qualifications needed for the special honor, the bestowal of a pigeon-shaped staff. The bestowal of staffs was a way for Han government to show its care and respect for the elders, but little in historical records could be found to support the existence of the bestowal system. In 1959 A.D., ten wooden and bamboo strips accompanied by two wooden staffs, each of which was surmounted by a carved pigeon, were unearthed at Mo-chu-tzu, Kansu Province, Mainland China. What’s more, in 1981 A.D., more ancient documents, including twenty-seven strips, which were copied from a file entitiled “Ordinance imperial degrees royal staffs”, were discovered in Kansu as well. Consequently, those findings were of great value to the inference that a staff owner in Han Dynasty not just commanded respect of his society but also was privilleged to fight against, if any, official oppression. However, whether the bestowal system was actually put into practice two thousand years ago remains debatable. Recently, thanks to more evidence from excavated materials and related documents of law and ordinance, the dissertation is thus made possible to clarify some of the disputable issues, inclusive of the qualifications an elder should possess to receive the bestowed staff, the execution of the law to protect the elders, and the difference between the bestowal of a pigeon-shaped staff and teapoy-and-staff.