沈家本,字子惇,别号寄簃,浙江归安(今湖州)人,生于1840年,卒于1913年,是清末著名的法学大家,也是我国法制现代化的奠基者。从1864年起便入清朝刑部任职,历任刑部直隶司、陕西司主稿、奉天司主稿兼秋审处坐办、律例馆管理提调,后又任刑部侍郎、法部侍郎、修订法律大臣、资政院副主裁等职。沈家本长期莅职刑部,得以浏览历代法典与刑狱档案,熟悉中国法律发展沿革与得失,对中国古代法律史料作了系统的整理和考订。同时又热心研读资本主义国家的法律,接受资产阶级思想的影响,参考资本主义国家刑法,研究 Born in 1840 and died in 1913, is a famous legal expert in the late Qing dynasty. He is also the founder of the legal system modernization in our country. Since 1864, he has served in the criminal detention department of the Qing Dynasty. He has served successively as director of the Ministry of Punishments and Migrants, chief of Shaanxi Bureau, chief editor and chief judge of the Tiantian Bureau, , Vice president of the capital city of vice president and other staff. Shen Jiaben has long been serving the criminal penalties and has been able to browse through the dossiers of ancient dictionaries and criminal records, get acquainted with the development and gains and losses of the development of Chinese law, and systematically sort and review the ancient Chinese legal historical materials. At the same time, they are enthusiastic about studying the laws of capitalist countries, accepting the influence of bourgeois ideas, making reference to the criminal laws of capitalist countries, and studying