The study of political communication in ancient China started at the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, and the overall research results show a continuous growth trend, which has gone through three stages: “pioneering”, “laying the foundation” and “initial development”. At present, there are three academic styles with differentiated problem concerns, topic preference and path dependence based on History, Journalism and Politics. The existing themes are in a diversified state, mainly centering on the four problem areas of concept, system, practice and media. Future research should focus on dealing with the interaction between clear consciousness of political communication discipline and multidisciplinary intervention at the level of discipline consciousness; deeply understanding the value and mission of ancient Chinese political communication research at the level of research interest; and handling the relationship between Chinese and Western, ancient and modern when using modern theory to analyze ancient practices and thoughts; and promote the study of political communication in ancient China of multiple development to achieve gradual integration and break through to reflect the value of the historical dimension of political communication research.