《周禮》一書，古又稱《周官》或《周官經》，儒家尊為「三禮」經典之首，其形制特殊，類於「職官表」，其作者之人文理念，政治思想寄託於該書之組織設計中，就思想角度看，其乃先秦儒家觀念世界的具體呈現：從歷史時況考觀，北朝的政制、宋朝王安石的變法以迄清朝政府的六部的配置，都在不同程度上受其影響，其重要可以推知。 從儒家經典的角度觀之，《周禮》最值得關注者乃在於整個組織架構背後那套「所以然」的根本想法，即所謂的「王政想像」──此所以本文設之為研究焦點，試以該職官表的原始設計作為基本線索，加以探析。 本文分為六節：第一、「探討《周禮》行政體系的基本理據」，此說明本文乃依《周禮》同類職宮中命階最高者作為擬定分支部門的屬級，並言其緣由。第二、 「《周禮》的行政體系」，敘述《周禮》所載全部職官的併合依據，並且實際進行併合；內中易生疑義部分亦於此分別探討。第三、「行政體系及其單位」，本節依照前節之結果，歸納出其行政體系圖。第四，「行政體系中的特殊現象及其檢證」，針對前面數節的研究成果，將所呈現的特殊問題加以分疏；並依各職宮原職等分別取其上限以定值，由「下士」向上至「公」，依次代入一、二、三、四、五、六、七之值，而後綜合之，以求天、地，春、夏、秋、冬五官 (按冬官部分原闕，故略之)各個之總值與等第。第五，「《周禮》各官的聯事情形」，進一步探究《周禮》各官的「官聯」情形。第六，「秋宮的特殊現象及其內在意義」，《周禮》行政體系反映於「秋官」的現象最為特殊，此即針對其蘊含之內在意義加以探討。 綜括而言，本文乃就普遍層面入手而以特殊問題之追索終結；在其思想觀念方面並未預存任何後天的假設，乃藉客觀展現者實際分析，俾以增進吾人對《周禮》整體而深入的認識。

　　　　　"Chou Ritual", also termed as "Chou Officers" or "Book of Chou Officers"　in the Chinese ancient age, is praised by the Confucianism as the leading literary work of Three Rituals. With the special format, "Chou, Ritual'looks like"Book of Officers". The author's humanistic and political beliefs resides in the organization of the book. From the thinking perspective, it is the concrete representation of the Confucian world in the Pre-Chin periods. From the standpoint of the historical background, significance of "Chou Ritual" is self-evident with its various impacts on North Dynasty's administration, the reform of Wang An-shih and six departments in the Ching dynasty. From the standpoint of the classic Confucianism, the most noteworthy feature of the "Chou Ritual" lies in the fundamental assumption behind the entire administrative system--cause and effect, also called Wang-Zheng assumption, which is just the focus of the paper. The paper intends to analyze and critique this assumption on the basis of the original design of the "Book of Chou Officers". The paper is sliced into six sections. (1) Exploring the fundamental basis for the administrative system in "Chou Ritual": The branch departments in "Chou Ritual" are ranked according to highest position among the similar kinds, and then was introduced. (2) The administrative system in "Chou Ritual" :The administrative system in "Chou Ritaul" stipulates the standard for merging all the official positions before they are actually emerged. The most controversial parts are to be individually discussed. (3) The administrative system along with its subordinate units: In accordance with the results of preceding section, the present section deduces the diagram of the administrative system. (4) Special phenomena and confirmation of the administrative system: The special phenomena reflected in the results of the previous sections are to be analyzed. In addition, according to the highest rank of each individual official position, each official position is ranked from a petty officer to a Duck, and alphabetically numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. The figure obtained from ranking is summed up in order to gain the individual total and the relative ranking of the five official Departments including Heaven Department, Earth Department, Spring Department, Summer Department, Autumn Department, and Winter Department (The manuscripts of Winter Department are missing; thus Winter Department is not included. (5) "Interaction of the official Departments in "Chou Ritual": This section further examines the interaction of the Departments in "Chou Ritual". (6) The peculiar phenomena of Autumn Department and its inner meaning: Autumn Department represents the most peculiar administrative system in"Chou Ritual". This section further explores its inner meaning. On and large, the paper begins with the common dimension, and ends with the exploration of the peculiar phenomena. From the perspective of ideas or beliefs, the paper didn't presuppose any given assumption; instead, it objectively demonstrates the results of analyses, in an effort to give us a comprehensively in-depth understanding of "Chou Ritual".