“比较热”下的冷沉思——中西比较法在法律史研究中运用状况之评析

The Cool Meditation of "Comparison Method Boom"——Evaluation and Analysis of Comparison between China and the West in Study of Legal History

中西比较法在法律史研究中存在的主要问题,一是表现为笼统定性,力证西方的法律制度或因子已存在于中国传统法中;二是表现为简单地以西法为模式,而苛责中国传统法的简陋。这都悖离了比较的原理和要求,而落入了"比附"的俗套。在创造和构建今天中国的法文化中,法律史研究需发挥文化的主动性和自觉性,遵循比较的原理和要求,竭力探寻和破译中华法系的社会文化遗传密码,摒弃"比附",寻求中国法律史的"自我"。

There are two harmful trends in comparison between China and the West in the study of legal history：one of them holds that all western laws have already been included in ancient Chinese laws;the other holds that all Chinese laws can be reduced to nothing for its extreme simplicity and believes that only the western ones are the best model.The two trends both deviate from the principles and requirements of comparison,which tends to become blind analogy.In creating and constructing China＇s legal culture at present,the study on legal history should play a positive and conscious role in the endeavor to explore and decipher the social and cultural heretical code,get rid of blind analogy,and look for the true meaning of China＇s legal history.