diff --git a/lightrag/operate.py b/lightrag/operate.py
index 8a6820f5..ef0d3398 100644
--- a/lightrag/operate.py
+++ b/lightrag/operate.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from .utils import (
     pack_user_ass_to_openai_messages,
     split_string_by_multi_markers,
     truncate_list_by_token_size,
+    process_combine_contexts,
 )
 from .base import (
     BaseGraphStorage,
@@ -1003,35 +1004,28 @@ def combine_contexts(high_level_context, low_level_context):
         ll_entities, ll_relationships, ll_sources = extract_sections(low_level_context)
 
     # Combine and deduplicate the entities
-    combined_entities_set = set(
-        filter(None, hl_entities.strip().split("\n") + ll_entities.strip().split("\n"))
-    )
-    combined_entities = "\n".join(combined_entities_set)
-
+    combined_entities = process_combine_contexts(hl_entities, ll_entities)
+    
     # Combine and deduplicate the relationships
-    combined_relationships_set = set(
-        filter(
-            None,
-            hl_relationships.strip().split("\n") + ll_relationships.strip().split("\n"),
-        )
-    )
-    combined_relationships = "\n".join(combined_relationships_set)
+    combined_relationships = process_combine_contexts(hl_relationships, ll_relationships)
 
     # Combine and deduplicate the sources
-    combined_sources_set = set(
-        filter(None, hl_sources.strip().split("\n") + ll_sources.strip().split("\n"))
-    )
-    combined_sources = "\n".join(combined_sources_set)
+    combined_sources = process_combine_contexts(hl_sources, ll_sources)
 
     # Format the combined context
     return f"""
 -----Entities-----
 ```csv
 {combined_entities}
+```
 -----Relationships-----
+```csv
 {combined_relationships}
+```
 -----Sources-----
+```csv
 {combined_sources}
+``
 """
 
 
diff --git a/lightrag/utils.py b/lightrag/utils.py
index 0da4a51a..7b17cbb6 100644
--- a/lightrag/utils.py
+++ b/lightrag/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import asyncio
 import html
+import io
+import csv
 import json
 import logging
 import os
@@ -7,7 +9,7 @@ import re
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from functools import wraps
 from hashlib import md5
-from typing import Any, Union
+from typing import Any, Union,List
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -175,10 +177,21 @@ def truncate_list_by_token_size(list_data: list, key: callable, max_token_size:
     return list_data
 
 
-def list_of_list_to_csv(data: list[list]):
-    return "\n".join(
-        [",\t".join([str(data_dd) for data_dd in data_d]) for data_d in data]
-    )
+# def list_of_list_to_csv(data: list[list]):
+#     return "\n".join(
+#         [",\t".join([str(data_dd) for data_dd in data_d]) for data_d in data]
+#     )
+def list_of_list_to_csv(data: List[List[str]]) -> str:
+    output = io.StringIO()
+    writer = csv.writer(output)
+    writer.writerows(data)
+    return output.getvalue()
+def csv_string_to_list(csv_string: str) -> List[List[str]]:
+    output = io.StringIO(csv_string)
+    reader = csv.reader(output)
+    return [row for row in reader]
+
+
 
 
 def save_data_to_file(data, file_name):
@@ -244,3 +257,39 @@ def xml_to_json(xml_file):
     except Exception as e:
         print(f"An error occurred: {e}")
         return None
+
+#混合检索中的合并函数
+def process_combine_contexts(hl, ll):
+    header = None
+    list_hl = csv_string_to_list(hl.strip())
+    list_ll = csv_string_to_list(ll.strip())
+    # 去掉第一个元素（如果不为空）
+    if list_hl:
+        header=list_hl[0]
+        list_hl = list_hl[1:]
+    if list_ll:
+        header = list_ll[0]
+        list_ll = list_ll[1:]
+    if header is None:
+        return ""
+    # 去掉每个子元素中的第一个元素（如果不为空），再转为一维数组，用于合并去重
+    if list_hl:
+        list_hl = [','.join(item[1:]) for item in list_hl if item]
+    if list_ll:
+        list_ll = [','.join(item[1:]) for item in list_ll if item]
+
+    # 合并并去重
+    combined_sources_set = set(
+        filter(None, list_hl + list_ll)
+    )
+
+    # 创建包含头部的新列表
+    combined_sources = [",\t".join(header)]
+    # 为 combined_sources_set 中的每个元素添加自增数字
+    for i, item in enumerate(combined_sources_set, start=1):
+        combined_sources.append(f"{i},\t{item}")
+        
+    # 将列表转换为字符串，子元素之间用换行符分隔
+    combined_sources = "\n".join(combined_sources)
+
+    return combined_sources