汉代三老问题对基层政权建设、乡里教化、尊老养老乃至中国传统社会的研究均有较大影响,有关研究已有不少成果,但目前有许多问题尚存争议,且悬而未决,颇有开展深入研究的必要。早期三老的活动见于《汲冢周书·大匡解》、《墨子·号令》、《墨子·备城门》、《管子·度地》、《左传·昭公三年》等典籍。入汉后,文献有关三老的记载较多,汉以后不断有学者辑录汉代三老的史料,或对三老问题发表见解。除了给《史记》、《汉书》、《后汉书》作注解的各家外,还有杜佑《通典》、司马光《资治通鉴》、徐天麟 The three old problems in the Han Dynasty had a great impact on the study of grassroots power building, village education, respect for old age, and even traditional Chinese society. There have been many achievements in the research but there are still many controversial issues that remain unanswered. Necessary for further research. The activities of the early Lao Lao were found in such books as “Dizuka ZHOU Shou Big Computation,” “Mozi Order,” “Mozi Bei Shing Mun,” “Guan Zi Deg Di,” and “Zuo Zhao Gong.” . After entering the Han Dynasty, there were many records about the three elders in the literature. After the Han scholars continued to compile the materials of the three elders of the Han Dynasty, or expressed their opinions on the three old questions. In addition to the “Historical Records”, “Han”, “Han” for each comment, there are Du You “Tongdian”, Sima Guang “Zi Zhi Tong Jian”, Xu Tianlin