二十世纪的中国社会是一个风雷激荡的大变革时代。在这一进程中,中国法制亦面临着从传统向现代性的时代转型。深入探究这一进程的法律特征、历史规律及社会意义,对于进一步把握当代中国法制变革进程的基本走向,无疑是大有裨益的。我们高兴地看到,由公丕祥教授主编的《中国法制现代化的进程》(上卷)——“激荡的法制变革浪潮”(以下简称《进 The Chinese society in the twentieth century was a time of great change with a stormy atmosphere. In this process, China’s legal system is also facing the transition from traditional times to modern times. Studying the legal characteristics, historical laws and social significance of this process in depth is undoubtedly of great help to further grasp the basic trend of the process of the legal system reform in contemporary China. We are pleased to see that “the process of modernization of the legal system in China” (the first volume) edited by Professor Gong Pi Xiang - “Inspiring wave of legal system reform” (hereinafter referred to as "