摘要
古代中国社会存在着稳定的契约秩序,契约文书之于古人的个人生活有着重要的意义。契约本身是中国人的一种生活方式,古人的经济关系乃至人身关系在一定程度上都是靠契约文书来维系的。契约文书是古人生活中须臾不可离开的东西,为中国人追求自己的理想生活(二十亩地、一头牛,老婆孩子热炕头)提供了约束和保障机制及互相之间的行为规范,使每个人在追求各自理想生活的时候,有规则可循,从而形成稳定的社会秩序。
There was a stable contract order in ancient China, and contracts played important role in people’s life. Contracts is a part of Chinese people’s life style, the personal and economic relationships were linked by contracts. The ancient Chinese could not live without contract since they provide binding and protective mechanism as well as norms of behavior in striving for ideal life, and thus formed a constant social order.
出处
《法制与社会发展》
CSSCI
北大核心
2011年第1期38-44,共7页
Law and Social Development
关键词
契约文书
古人生活
社会秩序
contracts
life of ancient Chinese
social order