提 要：明代文官死后，国家举行官方祭奠、修坟、安葬活动，为官员构建死后的荣耀，彰显国家褒奖臣下之意。此项举措的落实，有赖于丧葬公文在各级政府间的传递与具体执行。丧葬公文既是政府行政文书，又是礼文化的承载体，研究其内容及运作，可以直观感受明代由国家主导的丧葬礼制建设，以及国家如何在丧葬层面完成礼仪与行政的有机结合。

关键词：明代；丧葬；公文；礼制

Title: The Official Documents Dealing with the Funerals of the Governmental Officials and Their Connection with the Ritual System Construction of the Ming Dynasty

Author:Song Jigang，Ph. D.Candidate, College of History and Culture, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130024, China；Zhao Kesheng, Professor, College of West River History and Culture, Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, 526061, China.

Abstract:The Ming government usually hold scarifications, build graves, and provide funeral grant for the passed away officials to honor those dead officials. In doing so, various kinds of papers need issuing and circulating. This papers deals with the category, content, function and purpose of those governmental papers, to observe the construction and operation of the Ming ritual system.

Key words:Ming Dynasty; funeral; government document; ritual