日本学者堀毅先生的《秦汉法制史论考》中译本出版了。这是中日学术界、特别是两国法律史学界交流中值得一书的事。我作为此书的主要寄稿人和编辑工作参加者,当拿到这部印刷精致、装璜考究的书时,甚感欣慰。它既凝结着堀毅先生多年潜心研究的心血,也是中日两国学者共同劳动的结晶。秦汉法制,在中国古代法制史上居于十分重要的地位。然而出于年代久远,屡经战乱,绝大部分史料均已散失。多少年来,学者们的研究不得不在史料极度匮乏的条件下缓慢地探索前进。尽管近代学者孙楷、徐复的《秦会要订补》、沈家本的《汉律摭遗》和程树德的《汉律考》,在前人研究的基础上对秦汉法律史料的汇集、考证下了很大功夫,但这些著述均未能反映当时法律的概貌。1975年未,湖北云梦发现了秦代竹简,主要内容是秦律。秦律 Japanese scholar Mr. Horie’s “Qin and Han Dynasties History of Legal System” in the translation was published. This is a book worthy of study between the academic circles of China and Japan, especially the exchanges between the legal history circles of the two countries. As a major contributor to this book and a participant in editing, I am very pleased to have received this elegant, well-printed book. It not only condenses the painstaking efforts of Mr. Horie for many years of painstaking research, but also the result of joint labor work between Chinese and Japanese scholars. The legal system of Qin and Han dynasties occupies a very important position in the history of ancient Chinese legal system. However, out of age, after repeated war, most of the historical data have been lost. For years, scholars’ research had to slowly explore and explore under the conditions of extreme lack of historical data. Although modern scholars Sun Kai, Xu Fu’s “Qin will be revised”, Shen Jiaben’s “Han law” and Cheng Shude’s “Han law test”, on the basis of previous studies on the legal history of the Qin and Han dynasties collection, textual research A lot of effort, but these writings failed to reflect the overview of the law at the time. In 1975, Hubei Yun Meng bamboo found in Qin Dynasty, the main content is the law of Qin. Qin law