历史总是惊人的相似。中国律师业的发展亦是如此。 　　自上上世纪清末修律到上世纪中期，是中国律师制度得以初创而几经浮沉的第一个发展阶段；而改革开放以来最近二十年中国律师业的发展轨迹，则多少有一点像是前一阶段浓缩之后的重新排演。 　　事实上，就历史与文化渊源而 History is always strikingly similar. The same is true for the development of lawyers in China. Since the reform in the late Qing Dynasty and the middle of the last century, it was the first phase of development in which the Chinese lawyer system was started up and was buoyant. Since the reform and opening up, the development of the lawyer profession in China in the recent two decades has been somewhat a bit like the former Re-rehearsal after a period of concentration. In fact, in terms of historical and cultural origin