从法家三期论看律学的兴起与衰落

The Rise and Decline of Chinese Studies of Law from the View of Theory of Three Periods of the Legalists

从汉初至清末,传统中国的律学经历了两千年的演进过程。律学兴起与衰落的原因,可以在法家三期论的理论框架下予以透视。在法家第一期,当法家学说从显学转为潜学之际,律学开始兴起。清朝末年,随着新战国时代的来临,法家第二期随之兴起,律学则随之走向衰落与终结。立足于法家第三期所形成的距离感,回望律学的兴起与衰微,可以较好地解释律学、法家学说与法学的关系:律学是法家学说一个局部的技术化表达;律学可以对应于法学领域内的一个分支,那就是刑法解释学;法家学说与法学只有少量的交叉,多数内容是各行其是。

From the Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty,Chinese studies of law experienced two thousand years.The reason of the rise and fall of Chinese studies of law can be explained in the framework of the theory of three periods of the Legalists.In the first period of legalists,the Legalists school began to decline,and the Chinese studies of law began to rise.At the end of the Qing Dynasty,with the era of the new Warring States period coming,the second period of legalists rose,and the Chinese studies of law trend declined and ended.Based on the sense of distance formed by the third period Legalists,it can better explain the relationship among legalists,Chinese studies of law and jurisprudence.Chinese studies of law is a technology expression about the part of the legalist school;Chinese studies of law can be corresponded to a branch of jurisprudence which is the interpretation of the criminal law;and there is a small amount of cross between the legalists and the jurisprudence.