“礼不下庶人,刑不上大夫”新阐释

A New Explanation of "the Common not Regulated by Ritual,Scholar-bureaucrat not by Penalty"

"礼不下庶人,刑不上大夫"贯穿于中国古代社会的始终,体现了不同阶级身份之人在法律地位和权利上的差别,使他们不平等地位合法地公开化。准确理解"礼不下庶人,刑不上大夫",须从亲亲和尊尊的角度出发,得出"礼下庶人,庶人有礼;刑上大夫,大夫用刑",以及礼与刑的等级性与阶级性。在当代中国社会主义法制建设中,必须彻底抛弃等级观和阶级观,坚持"公民在法律面前一律平等"。

'The common not regulated by ritual;scholar-bureaucrat not by penalty' has been always throughout ancient China,which showed the differences in the legal status and rights between the different class,and made the unequal status legally open.In order to accurately understand it,we must analyze it on the basis of 'close relatives,respect elders and the honorable men'.In constructing the modern China's socialism legal system,we must be thoroughly abandon 'the view of hierarchy and class',and stick to the 'all citizens are equal before the law'.