从现代人的投入产出效益观念来看,花费大量人力物力建造画像石墓是极大的浪费,得不偿失。墓主人花费毕生的钱财刻画那么多的汉画,目的何在?杨爱国先生有本研究汉画的书,名叫《不为观赏的画作——汉画像石和画像砖》,汉画像难道真的“不为观赏”吗?本文对汉画像石墓主人的动机进行了思考和探究。 From the concept of input-output benefits of modern people, it takes a lot of waste and costs more to build a portrait stone tomb by spending a lot of manpower and material resources. The main purpose of the painting is to describe how many Han paintings were made by the owner of the tomb. Mr. Yang Aiguo has a book entitled “The Painting That Is Not Appreciated - Han Stone and Portrait Bricks” “Not for viewing”? This paper discusses the motivation of the Han Dynasty stone tombs.