先秦古籍中并无“遣策”一词。《辞源》和《辞海》中也没有这个词条。1954年,长沙仰天湖25号墓所出竹简在北京展出期间,叶恭绰先生经过初步研究认为“策中所书名物,大抵皆金属、丝属,其为赠赠遣送之物,无可疑者,因断此项竹简,当即仪礼中之遣策,以覆湘友,皆以为然。”发掘报告中遂称之为“遣策”。此后多沿袭这一名称,把这种记载随葬品的竹木简称为“遣策”。 Pre-Qin ancient books there is no “policy”. There is no such term in “Ci Yuan” and “Ci Hai”. 1954, Changsha, on the 25th Yangtianhu Zhu bamboo slips during the exhibition in Beijing, Mr. Ye Gongchuo after a preliminary study that “the policy of the book name, probably all metal, silk genus, which is a gift deportation, no doubt Because of the cut off the bamboo slips, the immediate ritual in the policy, to cover Xiang friends, all take it for granted. ”Excavation report so-called“ policy. ” Since then, many follow the name of this burial goods recorded bamboo referred to as “policy.”