中国古代不同时期对法的认识及评价

Different Knowledge and Evaluation of Law in Different Historical Periods

由于受到历史条件及其他因素的制约,中国历史上不同时期对法形成了不同的认识。刑起于兵是关于法律起源的认识,法即刑罚即德礼教化之辅助是对法的认识的大致发展轨迹。这种认识直观、朴素、自然,但过于片面狭隘。它低估了法律的社会功效,忽视了法律存在的社会价值,使人们普遍产生了轻法意识,从而淡泊了法制建设,窒息了法律理论,阻碍了中国法律改革的步伐。

Restricted by historical conditions and other factors, there exists different knowledge of law in different periods. 'Punishment from military' is the realization of law source. Law is punishment, is penalty and is supplement of moral manner enlightened by education. This kind of knowledge is direct, simple, natural, but too unilaterally narrow. It underestimates law's social function, ignores it's social value, and creats the ignoring law, so that people neglects the law's construction, imprison the law's theory and block the process of law's reformation.