证件作为身份的证明源远流长,但中国古代不是所有人都有身份证的,只限于有地位和权力的人。到20世纪以后,才实现每个人都有自己的身份证。战国时代的虎符、秦汉时代的印鉴,均是证件之一种,其功能首先是证明身份。汉代以后,官员的名刺、谒帖开始出现,这种谒帖自己在竹片、木板上写一个就成,跟名片的功能相类。唐僧西天取经,全部证件只有 Documents as proof of identity have a long history, but not all people in ancient China have ID cards, only to those with status and power. It is only after the 20th century that everyone has their own identity card. The tiger symbol of the Warring States Period, Qin and Han Dynasties era of the seal, are one of the documents, its function is to prove identity. After the Han Dynasty, the official’s name stabbed, Ye posts began to appear, this Ye post their own bamboo, wood board into a, with the function of business cards similar. Tang monk Xitian learn, all the documents only