周汉金石纪法述考

Law Records on Ancient Bronzes and Stones during Zhou and Han Dynasty

将政令或契约以碑刻或铭鼎的方式公布于众,使民周知的做法渊源久远。整体而言,西汉以前,法律的公布主要是铭金;到了两汉,随着铁器的普及等物质技术的提高,刻石开始占据主导地位,但并未完全取代前者。汉代以后,铭金纪法再难以见于史籍,刻石仍在中国古代的法律传播方面发挥重要作用,并对中国后世的法制产生重要影响。

It had long history that the decrees and contracts were being made public by carved on inscription of bronzes and stones. Overall, law promulgating is mainly by bronze inscription before the Western Han Dynasty. In Han Dynasty with the technology improvement, the stone inscription began to occupy the dominant position, but not completely replace the former. After the Han Dynasty, law records on bronze were seldom in the history books, stone still plays an important role in the law promulgating in ancient Chinese, and exerted an important influence on the later Chinese legal system.