宋遼兩國朝廷基於外交的禮節和情誼，當對方所派遣來的使節在本國境內生病或死亡時，都會給予細心的診治或隆重的飾終，這種處理的方式與誠意的態度成為宋遼兩國能維持長期和平外交的重要原因之一，因此宋遼對兩國使節病與死如何處理的史實，值得我們加以探討。

When the mutual dispatched envoyes were sick or dead in the boundary, for the sake of the diplomatic courtesy and friendship between the Sung and Liao countries, they would give full attention of the car or a solemn funeral ceremony, and this kind of disposal and sincerity would be the important reason of the Sung and Liao Dynasty to maintain their long peaceful diplomatic relation.