本论文以明代万历朝的紫禁城为研究对象，以紫禁城现存遗址、相关历史典籍和图像资料为素材，综合运用考据、计量、可视化等历史研究方法，重点研究万历朝紫禁城的空间格局和使用状态。论文第二章到第四章对现存的文献资料和图像资料进行了详细地梳理，并查考前辈学者相关研究成果的疏漏于失误，最后提出了明代万历朝紫禁城的可能性平面布局。论文第五章到第八章对文献中出现的紫禁城空间活动进行了统计，厘清各阶段紫禁城的使用状态，并分析使用与建筑之间的相互关系。本论文至少得出如下重要结论：1、乾清门、宝善门、思善门是紫禁城中一路、外东路和外西路的内外空间分界节点；2、从使用频率和实际效用功能上来讲，皇极殿是紫禁城的形式中心，寝宫（养心殿、毓徳宫、启祥宫等）是决策中心，文华殿承担了主要的议政功能； 3、紫禁城的空间主要用于满足礼仪活动的需求，并无针对国家行政办公的特别设计；4、在形式上的中轴线之外，还有一条影响更深远的日常功能轴线；5、宦官在制度和空间上都控制了神宗皇帝和文官集团的信息沟通。6、神宗皇帝与文官集团的紫禁城体验截然不同；7、建筑物只能形成物理屏障，建筑空间的秩序靠背后的权力制度维系。

This paper, focus on the spatial pattern and use state, takes the Forbidden City of Wanli Dynasty in Ming Dynasty as the research object, takes the existing sites, relevant historical books and image data as the materials, and comprehensively uses the historical research methods such as textual research, measurement and visualization.From the second chapter to the fourth chapter, the paper combs the existing literature and image data in detail, and examines the omissions and mistakes of the previous scholars' relevant research results. Finally, it puts forward the possible plane layout of the Forbidden City in the Wanli Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty. From the fifth chapter to the eighth chapter, this paper makes statistics on the space activities of the Forbidden City in the literature, clarifies the use status of the Forbidden City in each stage, and analyzes the relationship between the use and the building.This paper draws the following important conclusions at least: 1. Qianqing Gate, Baoshan Gate and Sishan Gate are the internal and external space boundary nodes of the Forbidden City; 2. From the perspective of the use frequency as the actual utility function, Huangji Hall is the formal center of the Forbidden City, The emperor's residence (Heart Nourishing Hall, Yude Palace, Qixiang Palace, etc.) is the decision-making center, and the Wenhua Hall has undertaken the main function of discussing politics; 3. The space of the Forbidden City is mainly used to meet the needs of etiquette activities, and there is no special design for the national administrative office; 4. Besides the formal axis, there is a far-reaching daily function axis; 5. The eunuch controls the information communication between the emperor Shenzong and the civil service group in terms of system and space. 6. The Forbidden City experience of emperor Shenzong and civil service group are quite different. 7. Buildings can only form physical barriers, the order of architectural space depends on the power system behind it.