中国古典法学的知识体系

The Knowledge System of Chinese Classical Jurisprudence

古典法学既见于西方,也见于中国。西方法学的知识体系中,有古罗马的古典法学,资本主义革命时期的古典自然法学,还有19世纪晚期兴起的英美古典法学。相较西方的古典法学,中国的古典法学源远流长,主要包含四种形态的法学知识,它们分别是:以礼为基础的礼法学,以律为基础的律法学,以经为基础的经法学,以政为基础的政法学。把这四种形态的法学知识汇聚起来,可以全面展示中国古典法学的知识体系。这四种形态的中国古典法学虽然是在不同的历史背景下分别兴起的,分别对应法的不同形态,满足不同的需要,但是它们彼此交织、相互关联,堪称中国古典法学知识体系的四大分支。

Classical jurisprudence is found both in the West and in China.In the body of knowledge of Western juris-prudence,there is the classical jurisprudence of ancient Rome,the classical natural jurisprudence of the period of the capi-talist revolution,and the Anglo-American classical jurisprudence that emerged in the late nineteenth century.Compared with Western classical jurisprudence,Chinese classical jurisprudence has a long history and mainly contains four forms of jurisprudence knowledge,which are:ritual jurisprudence based on rites,legal jurisprudence based on laws,economic ju-risprudence based on scriptures,and political jurisprudence based on politics.By bringing together these four forms of ju-risprudential knowledge,the knowledge system of classical Chinese jurisprudence can be comprehensively demonstrated.Although these four forms of Chinese classical jurisprudence emerged in different historical contexts and can correspond to different forms of law and meet different needs,they are intertwined and interrelated,making them the four major branches of the knowledge system of Chinese classical jurisprudence.