秦汉时多见尊长要送上“谒”似乎即是名片的最早形式，那时还没有纸，是用竹片或木片书写的．到了汉末，”谒”又改称“刺”，这就是用纸书写的了．后来时称为“门状”，明朝时称名贴，清朝时有了名片之称．明朝的名贴一级长七寸、宽三寸，上写性名，姓名三字或二字要写满贴面 When the Qin and Han Dynasties more respect to send “Ye” seems to be the earliest form of business cards, then there is no paper, is written with bamboo or wood. By the end of the Han Dynasty, “Ye” was renamed “thorn”, which is written in paper. Later called “door-shaped” Ming Dynasty, said the name paste, there was a name card during the Qing Dynasty. The name of the Ming Dynasty posted a seven-inch long, wide and three inches, write the name, the name of the word or two words to be covered with veneer