浅谈礼治传统对以法治国的影响

On the Influence of Rule by Rites on Rule by Law

礼治与法治是两种不同的治国理念,以此为核心建立的是两种不同的思想体系,治国所采取的手段和方式也是不同的,在现代国家,法治体现着一个国家的文明进步的水平和程度。中国是个崇尚礼治的国家,深入人心的是礼教。因此,如何在礼治传统深厚的国度里实现法治的转换,如何将中国悠久的礼治传统的负面性转化为现代法治建设的积极因素,是中国实现法治的首要问题,是中国现代化建设的艰巨任务,也是本文要探讨的问题。

Rule by rites and rule by law are two different rule concepts,upon which the ideological systems and rule measures are different.In a modern country,rule by law represents its civilization.China is a country that respected rule by rites,so how to transform from rule by rites to rule by law in this country is of great importance to its modernization.