恤刑原则是中国封建法制的基本原则。伴随着封建法制的不断完善 ,恤刑原则的内涵也不断丰富 ,封建立法者对恤刑原则的贯彻也更加深入和全面。恤刑原则的实质是为封建统治者的专制统治服务的。恤刑原则在一定程度上是对法制的破坏 ,充分体现了中国封建法制的特色 :一是法自君出 ,皇权至上 ;二是礼律融合 ,礼高于法 The principle of torture is the basic principle of China’s feudal legal system. With the constant improvement of the feudal legal system, the connotation of the principle of torture has also been continuously enriched. The feudal law enforcers have also carried out more thorough and comprehensive implementation of the principle of torture. The essence of the principle of torture serves the authoritarian rule of feudal rulers. To a certain extent, the principle of torture is the destruction of the legal system, which fully embodies the characteristics of the Chinese feudal legal system: the first is the law and the sovereign power, the imperial power is the supremacy; the second is the law of ceremonies,