近年隨著考古技術的發達，發掘大量的出土玉器，使玉文化的學術研究益顯重要。玉器在中華文明的演進中，雖歷經各時代的推移變化，然其魅力卻未嘗稍減，反而因具深邃的文化內涵和獨特的氣質，不但奇葩競放，更能歷久彌新。漢代（公元前206－公元220年）在中國玉器發展史上，係一承先啟後的高峰期，創造了特有的藝術風格，尤以禮儀用玉和喪葬用玉的古典玉器最為可觀。當代中外學人曾對漢玉作不少深度的研究，並取得了相當豐碩的成果，本文擬以喪葬用玉為主要範疇，並依據考古資料和文獻史載相互勘考，進而分析演繹與斯時葬俗的相互關係，冀期在前人研究的基礎上，提供若干不同角度的見解以資補充，並賦予洽如其份的評價。

Academic research about Jade culture becomes more and more important as a result of advanced archaeology technology and extensive jade excavation. In the evolution of Chinese civilization, Jade culture has experienced many different dynasties and it is still full of charm and attraction. The profound and unique jade culture is super-temporal and imperishable. Han Dynasty (206B.C.~220A.D.) reached the peak of Chinese jade evolution history. The ritual jades and burial jades at that time created characteristic art style. Contemporary researchers have done many researches on Han jades and already gotten plenteous performance. The article puts emphasis on burial jades. Archaeology literature is used for references for analyzing the burial convenances at that time. Based on the past research effort, some thoughts and appropriate evaluation would be presented.