“请示”是下级机关向上级机关请求批准、指示时所用的文种。上级机关收文后,要及时给予答复,所用文种一般为“批复”。但在实际工作中,用以答复“请示”的还有“函”,甚至“通知”,即所谓“函复请示”和“通知复请示”。本文主要分析这两种复文形式的由来及其合理性。一、关于 “Invitation” is a lower level organ to the higher authorities for approval, indicating the language used. After receiving the letter, the superior organ shall give a reply in time, and the language used is generally “approved.” However, in actual work, there are “letters” or even “notices” for replying to “invitations”, that is, so-called “requests for reply” and “requests for advice”. This article mainly analyzes the origin of these two kinds of complex forms and its rationality. First, about