传统诉讼观念之怪圈——“无讼”、“息讼”、“厌讼”之内在逻辑

The Dilemma of Traditional Litigation Conceptions──The intrinsic logic among "no suits"?"dropping suits "and "disgusting suits

“和谐”、“无讼”是传统法律文化的基本价值取向 ,它是在中国特定的农业文化背景下产生的 ,后又被历代统治者所巧妙运用 ,以“息讼”的方式来达到其统治目的 ,以致于理想出现异化并走向极端 ,“厌讼”心理便是典型的例证。“厌讼”不仅是传统中国的普遍现象 ,也是今天困扰整个法制现代化的问题 ,试从传统观念和制度背景出发 ,对这种现象作出一个恰当的解释 ,以便使我国的诉讼制度找到最好的出路。

Harmony' and 'no suits'are the basic value orientations of traditional legal culture. These conceptions stem from the given Chinese background of agricultural culture, and are skillfully applied by rulers through the ages who wanted to realize their purpose of ruling through the way of 'dropping suits'. But this ideal becomes alienated and goes to the extreme. The mentality of 'disgusting suit'is the typical example.'Disgusting suit' is not only a kind of common phenomenon of traditional China, but also a problem that perplexes the modernization of legal systems in our country today. This article tries to give a proper analysis to this phenomenon from the point of tradition conceptions and systems, attempting to find a better way to improve our country's litigation systems.