玉璧自从新石器时代出现以来,一直延续至清代,其作用通过不断发展演化,内容越来越多,越来越复杂,可用作祭器、礼器、佩饰、辟邪和防尸腐等,还可用作衡的砝码。但一种新生事物必定有它的原始用途,然后再逐渐演变出许多其他的用途。根据众多的考古资料,学术界在对其用途进行探源时,仁者见仁,智者见智。笔者根据玉璧主要出现在墓葬中这一现象,认为玉璧应该是一种冥钱,是专门给死者在阴间的财富象征或使用的钱。“玉敛葬”说《周礼·春官·典瑞》:“驵圭璋璧琮琥璜之渠眉,疏璧琮以敛尸。”1984 Since its emergence in the Neolithic Age, it has been extended to the Qing dynasty. Its function has been increasingly developed and evolved, with more and more content and more and more complexities, which can be used as sacrificial vessels, ceremonial vessels, costumes, evil spirits and anti-corrosives. , But also can be used as a balance of weights. But a new life must have its original use, and then gradually evolve many other uses. According to many archaeological materials, academics in the exploration of their purposes, benevolent Renren, wise men see wisdom. According to the phenomenon that jade bi mainly appeared in the tombs, the author thinks that jade bi should be a kind of money, which is a symbol of wealth or money used exclusively by the deceased in the underworld. “Jade convergence funeral ” said “Zhou ritual official Code Sweden”: "