Since the 1970s,the significance of the research of characters of old mandarin has been recognized by more and more people,and great progress has been made in all aspects.And with the country's emphasis on traditional culture,characters of old mandarin as a new discipline,will get unprecedented development.In the future the research of characters of old mandarin should pay special attention to the following aspects:compiling character shapes,collating character dictionaries,explaining difficult characters,exploring sources,building systems,digitization and cultivating talents.The rise and development of characters of old mandarin has changed and will continue to change the pattern of Chinese character research.In the near future,characters of old mandarin will build a complete building of Chinese characters together with ancient Chinese characters and modern Chinese characters.