本文主要对中国古代契约文书编纂的历史沿革加以全面考述,以时间为轴汇总梳理了国内外各时期已经出版的古代契约文书汇编,根据汇编的数量和质量将古代契约文书编纂工作分为初始时期和发展时期,对每一阶段具有代表性的汇编进行研究并总结各阶段表现出的特点,期望通过对古代契约文书编纂工作的回顾总结来推动中国古文书学的进一步发展和完善。 This paper mainly makes a comprehensive review of the historical evolution of the compilation of ancient Chinese contract instruments, and summarizes the compilation of the ancient contractual instruments that have been published at home and abroad in the light of time. According to the quantity and quality of compilation, the compilation of ancient contract instruments is divided into initial Period and period of development, the representative compilation of each stage is studied and the characteristics of each stage are summarized. It is expected to promote the further development and improvement of ancient Chinese calligraphy by reviewing the compilation work of ancient contract documents.