本文从两个不同的角度解读《送法下乡》。首先 ,进入该书的语境 ,以贴近作者的视角 ,“重构”中国基层司法制度 :肯定任何司法知识都是地方性知识 ,而且不仅仅是书本知识 ,还包括许多“无言之知” ;认识中国特定的政法传统、“转型时期”的司法特点以及基层司法的特殊性 ;考察基层法院的法官在重重困难的情况下如何调动各种知识解决纠纷 ,以此“正当化”法官在司法运作中所使用的知识和技术。其次 ,从一般读者的角度进入 ,展示该书给予人的智识的愉悦、观念的冲击和方法的启迪 This article interprets “sending law to the countryside” from two different perspectives. First of all, entering the context of the book, close to the author’s perspective, “reconstruct” China’s grass-roots judicial system: affirming that any judicial knowledge is local knowledge, and not just book knowledge, but also many “ ; To understand China’s specific political and legal traditions, the judicial features of the ”transitional period“ and the particularity of grassroots justice; to examine how judges in the grassroots courts are able to mobilize all kinds of knowledge to resolve disputes under various difficult circumstances so as to ”justify" Knowledge and skills used in operations. Second, from the perspective of the general reader, this book presents the pleasures, ideological impact and methodological enlightenment