《史记》、《汉书》注家对“家人”一词解释不能囊括所有出现于其中的意义 ,并且已经注解的地方也有滞塞难通之处。通过梳理“家”、“家人”的文化内涵及其变化轨迹 ,可以更清晰地厘清《史记》、《汉书》中“家人”之义及其社会文化蕴涵。 “Historical Records”, “Han” Note House “family” to explain the word can not cover all the meaning of which appeared in, and have been annotated there are clumsies. By combing the cultural connotation and its changing trajectory of “family” and “family”, the meaning of “family” in “Historical Records” and “Han Books” and its social and cultural implication can be clarified more clearly.