中华法系自诞生之日起便在古代世界诸法系中占据了重要的位置,其中我国古代学者对刑法的重视和实施应用对这一位置的形成起到了关键作用。只可惜即使是在古代刑法典基本建构将近完善之时却只是见到了民法有限的发展。刑法的发达和民法的落后形成了鲜明的对比,并一直贯穿了中国古代法律的发展始终。造成这种现象的原因在于统治阶级的需求;礼观念的影响和重农抑商政策的制约。 Since the birth of CSL, it occupies an important position among the various legal systems in the ancient world. The importance attached to and implementation of criminal law by ancient Chinese scholars played a key role in the formation of this position. Unfortunately, even when the basic construction of the ancient criminal code was almost complete, it only saw the limited development of civil law. The development of criminal law lags behind the development of civil law in sharp contrast, and it has always run through the development of ancient Chinese law. The reason for this phenomenon is the demand of the ruling class, the influence of ritual concept and the restriction of the policy of focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce.