一、原始社会向奴隶社会过渡时期——有了关于监狱的记载在中国历史上流传着一个关于皋陶造狱的传说。根据古代文献的记载,皋陶又称咎繇,他生于曲阜,是舜禹时代的人物,也就是说,他正处于我国由氏族社会进入奴隶社会的过渡时期。相传他善于处理狱讼,虞舜时曾被任命为“士”,即司法长官,而且后来还被夏禹推荐为自己王位的继承人,可惜他先于禹而死去。可见皋陶在当时是一个很有影响的人物。关于皋陶造狱的传说,最早见于西汉史游所著的《急就章》中:“皋陶造狱法律存。”另外 I. The Transition from Primitive Society to Slave Society - With the records on prisons, there is a legend circulating in China’s history about Gao Tao. According to the ancient literature, Gao Tao, also known as blame, was born in Qufu and was the character of the Shun Yu era. In other words, he is in the transition period from the clan society into the slavery society in our country. According to legend, he is good at handling prosecutions, when Yu Shun was appointed as a “scholar”, the magistrate, and later also recommended by Xia Yu as heir to his throne, but he died before Yu. Can be seen Gao Tao was a very influential figure at the time. The legend of Gao Tao on the creation of the prison, the earliest seen in the history of the Western Han Dynasty, “urgent chapter”: “Gao pottery law of deposit.” In addition