中國人自古以『漢人』自稱，而其世界性之霸權態勢亦始於漢代，因此，漢代確屬 中國人驕傲之轉戾處與起始點。而當代國勢成就之所以得以盡情展現，國防武力之強 弱，幾占舉足輕重地位；以兵器之科技能力與文化象徵切入，當為漢代總體研究之最直 接有效的途徑。 本文將盡蒐古今相關研究專文與文獻記載，佐以公私收藏實物，希翼建立完整之漢 代兵器圖鑑，聯結兵器與藝術、文化、社會價值觀之綿密網絡，以另一面向提供漢代研 究之有力證據。 所謂具象乃指兵器之具體樣式，因此文中先行說明漢代各類兵器之形制、漢代兵器 製作之單位以及當時各類軍隊之配備；在述及漢代兵器象徵意義、漢代兵器與漢人文 化、與當代北方民族兵器簡介、比較等章。期待藉此研究，為漢代研究建構更完整之基 礎資料，提供更多元之研究指向。

Chinese called themselves as the Han People and in the ancient age, Chinese was the most powerful country in the world and also own the hegemony to lead the world since the Han Dynasty. Therefore, we could say that the Han Dynasty started the proud age of Chinese which made the world notice Chinese. In the ancient age, any country which wanted to maintain its powerful position, must show its strength to the world. The strength included strong ability to defend itself or attack others. Thus, the weapon became the most important tool. This research will probe into the technique abilities of weapon and the symbolic culture of the Han Dynasty. These would be the most efficient path to understand the Han Dynasty. This research contains a complete weapon illustration of the Han Dynasty which associates with art culture, society value judgment by collecting related dissertation, theory and record and furthermore assisting with collection, relic and excavation. This research contains several charters which include weapon’s shape, manufacturing department, troop equipment, the meaning of the Han’s weapon; the introduction and comparison of the weapon, culture and symbolization of the Han Dynasty and North Notion. The weapon items included long weapon, short weapon, shooting weapon, defense weapon, defense outfit, armor, battle ship, castle attack equipment, etc. This research is expecting to build a complete foundation of information and multiple research direction with this research for the Han Dynasty.