本文討論漢乏政治人物移病及其相關案例，即除了正常之告病假之外，尚有作病以求某些政治目的途。結論有三：第一、移病與稱疾之意相 ，即以疾病作為籍口，它們通當是官吏求退或者謙讓的婉辭。但許多移病的案例顯示，政治人物往往藉由宣稱自己有病來操控人際關係、謀圖所欲或宣洩對現況的不滿。第二、政治人物自稱為病人，不一定即得到別人的認可。特別是有是有人想假借疾病的理由免去職務或質徵召等。透過他人的問疾與否，問疾給予慰留或示言等過程之後，稱病者堅持或放棄病人的身皆。換言之，病人的界定，並不完全經由醫學的診斷，而是一種人際權力關係互動的結果。第三、漢代官垤上，不少人生生以病夫的形象出現其生病與否往往反映了個人勻途的浮沉。以病不非事、不上朝，多半出現在一個人官運不順遂的時候。另一方面，政治人物以病夫的形象示人以無爭寡慾，事實上卻藏匿強烈的企圖心。這對了解漢代政治的運作生態，以及中國人的行為模式無疑是一條重要的線索。

　　　　　This essay discusses the use of illness as a political tool in Han China, focusing in particular on cases of yibing 移病("illness as excuse") chengbing 稱病 ("proclaiming illness"), polite phrases used by ministers who asked for retirement from or deferment of official posts. The large number of such cases shows that political figures often used illness to control interpersonal relationships, or to publicize their dissatisfaction with the status quo. Not everyone condoned the use of illness as an excuse to avoid summons or to quit their jobs, and expressions of condolences or warning during visits to the "patient" could lead the "recuperating official" to recover his health overnight. Personal relationships and power interactions, not medical analysis, determined whether or not one was "ill". Physical health often reflected the highs (healthy) and lows (sick) in an official career. Not a few ministers were "in poor health" throughout their official careers. Other political figures used the mask of the "sick man" to portray themselves as non-competitive, unassuming types in order to hide their driving ambitions. In sum, an appreciation of the rhetoric of illness in Han politics helps us to understand both the place of illness in Han official culture and the patterns of social interaction at that time.