摘要
在東周之前，中國的宗教神靈系統中，可以說是沒有神靈掌管冥界，但是到了東周時期，已經開始產生變化，最後到漢朝時冥界組織開始成形。至此之後，冥界組織就不斷改變，並且在歷朝歷代當中，都呈現出屬於當代的特色，並具有層累的現象。 「冥界組織」可以說是想像與現實交雜而成的世界，從資料上來看有許多冥界組織的官員向亡魂索取功德、錢物、衣物等，這些行為與陽世間的行賄一事相同，使得百姓對於冥界是否能夠平反陽世間的冤屈，產生疑問，但是卻又有許多資料顯示，冥界的主宰者或是審判工具，皆具有公正、精確之意。但究竟冥界是否成為百姓正義伸張之處，或者與陽世間的延續？ 本文並不是將人們對於幽冥世界的想像給予侷限，而是開拓另一種的可能性，但也由於幽冥世界的想像，多為陽世間的人所想像出來的。因此不管是冥界或仙界這些地方，都是具備著當時候的人所想像，並延續的世界。
並列摘要
The Chinese after-life realm has not governed by the deity until the Eastern Chou period. However, the ensured divine institute in the after-life realm has been constructed in the Han dynasty. The changing institutes through the periods are characteristic with contemporization and accumulation. The institute in the after-life realm was composed by the imagination and reality. Based on the historical and religious source, on the one hand we find the official in the after-life realm extorted the clothe, money and even the merit of the dead soul, but on the other hand, the chief there plays the role of judgment to justify what you did in the life-time. Therefore, the contrary image makes people wonder if the justice works in the after-life realm or not. The thesis does not want to limit the possibility of the after-life realm, but to clarify the Chinese people’s imagination of the realm. We can conclude that the after-life or divine world was formed by people’s imagination to continue the reality world.