略论中国传统法律的儒家化

On the Confucianization of Chinas Traditional Law

儒家提倡的“礼治”、“德治”、“人治”包含着丰富的法律思想。西汉中期，随着儒家独尊地位的确立，以儒家思想为主体的正统法律思想得以形成。此后，在官方的认同和儒学大师们的推动之下，儒家法律思想全面贯注到了古代立法与司法领域。这个过程便是中国法律儒家化的过程，它可分为三个阶段：《春秋》决狱是其开端，以经注律是其深入，以经立法是其完成。《唐律疏议》的出现，则标志着中国法律儒家化过程的终结。

The“governing by rites”,“governing by virtues”and“governing by man”advocated by the Confucianists actually contains abundant legal thoughts.During the mid Western Han Dynasty,with Confucianism achieving dominance,the orthodox legal thoughts with Confucianism as the mainstay came into being.After that,with official recognition and the promotion by the great Confucianists,the Confucianist legal thoughts were applied comprehensively in the ancient legislative and juridical fields.This process is considered the Confucianization of Chinas law,which can be divided into three stages:1.settling lawsuits in the“Spring and Autumn”way;2.explaining the law according to the classics;3.legislating by the classical writings.When the book Explanatory Notes on the Law of the Tang Dynasty came out,it is thought to be the end of Confucianization of Chinas law.