民间法谚中的民间法

Folk Law in the Folk Law Proverbs

作为生成并通行于乡土社会大众中有关法律的民间用语形态,谚语是一种以传授知识为目的的语言表达方式,它以比喻、概括的手法反映了人民群众的生活经验和真实感受。法谚作为民间谚语的一种,深嵌于人们的日常生活与社会交往之中,揭示了很多关于法律的道理,体现着丰富而深刻的民间法思想。它不仅是乡民们对某些社会问题达成的规律性和普适性的共识,更是一种对后人进行指导和鞭策的行为法则。作为劳动人民的智慧结晶和经验总结,法谚比较全面的反映了法律生活的范围,基本囊括了当时社会生活的主要领域和法律现象,体现着传统中国乡民的法律意识和诉讼心态。

As a form of folk language produced and used by folk related to law, proverb is a language in the purpose of knowledge expression. It reflects people’s life experience and true feelings with the method of metaphor and generalization. Legal proverb is a kind of folk proverb which embedded in people’s daily life and social interaction, reveals a lot of legal sense and embodies abundant and profound thoughts of folk law. It is not only the consensus of the regularity and universality people reached on some social issues, but also a behavior rule to spur and guide the later generations. As the wisdom and experience summary of the working people, legal proverb comprehensive reflects the scope of legal life, which ranges from the main areas of social life to main legal phenomenon, and reflects the expression of the legal consciousness and litigation mentalities of traditional Chinese folks.