清代的绿头牌奏

Study on Lyutoupai-Zou in the Qing Dynasty

绿头牌奏是清代京内衙门或个人使用的上奏文书,又称牌奏、大牌。它在清入关之前可能已开始使用,具有简单直接的特点。清前期,绿头牌奏在清廷日常政务活动中普遍使用。乾隆朝以后,绿头牌奏被制度化,使用范围大幅缩小,主要限制在清廷礼仪事务的处置上。但绿头牌奏一直存续至清朝灭亡。

Lyutoupai-Zou was a kind of document used by Yamen or individuals in the Qing Dynasty,Also known as Paizou or Dapai.It may have been used before 1644,and it has the characteristics of simplicity and directness.In the early Qing Dynasty,Lyutoupai-Zou was widely used in the daily administrative activities of the Qing government.After the Qianlong period,Lyutoupai-Zou was institutionalized,and its scope of use was greatly reduced,which was mainly limited to the treatment of the etiquette affairs of the Qing court.It lasted until the end of the Qing Dynasty.