探索历史的真迹--评黄宗智《清代法律、社会与文化:民法的表达与实践》

清代民法为任何一个对法制史有所涉猎的人所熟悉,但人们大都是从清代官方的表达中对它加以了解的.美国学者黄宗智在<清代法律、社会与文化:民法的表达与实践>一书中,从几个方面论证了清代法律制度的实际运作与清代官方表达之间有很大的差异,即实践与表达的背离.这使读者们不得不努力追忆以往所读过的清代官方表达与前人著说,与黄先生的观点做一番对照,以探求历史的真迹.

The Exploration of the Truth of History--Appraising the Book law, Society and Culture in Qing Dinasty :the Expression and Practice of Civil Law of Huang ZongZhi

Civil law of Qing Dinasty is known well by every one who is familiar with the history of legal system. But they mostly comprehend it in line with off icial expression.American scholar Huang ZongZhi in the book law,society and cult ure in Qing Dinasty: the expression and practice of civil law, from several aspe cts expounded and proved the considerable difference between the actual operatio n of law system and the official expression in Qing Dinasty, just as the seperat ion between practice and expression.This force readers to recollect the official expression of Qing Dinasty and the predecessors' works and make a contrast with the viewpoint of Mr Huang, in order to seek the truth of history.