中国古代社会的情理法

The Sentiment-ethics-law of Ancient Chinese Society

情理法观念是古代中华法律文明的一大鲜明特色,其包含人情、天理和国法这三方面的内容,而这三者都统一于儒家的伦理道德规范。情理法观念是儒家治国理念在法治建设中的体现,其发展与法律儒家化的过程相伴而行。在内部的效力关系上,天理居于最为核心的地位,法律在某种程度上是情理的文字表达。直到今天,这一观念仍然影响着我们的法治建设。

The concept of sentiment-ethics-law is a distinctive feature of the ancient Chinese legal civilization,which contains the three aspects of human feelings,heavenly principle and national law,all of which are unified with the ethical and moral norms of Confucian.The concept of sentiment-ethics-law is the embodiment of the Confucian concept of governance in the legal construction,and it’s development process is consistent with the process of turning Confucianism into law.Among the three elements,the validity of the heavenly principle is more important than the others.To some extent,law is the literal expression of human feelings and heavenly principle.Until today,the concept still influence the legal construction.