直诉是中国古代法律规定的一项诉讼制度,即某些案情重大和冤抑莫伸者,可超出一般受诉官司和申诉程序之范围,直接向最高统治者(王或皇帝)陈诉。一直诉制度起源于周朝的路鼓和肺石制度。所谓路鼓,即“建路鼓于大寝之门外而(大仆)掌其政,以待达穷者与遽令,闻鼓声,则速逆御仆与御庶子”(《周礼·夏官》)。所谓肺石,即“以肺石达穷民,凡远近茕独老幼之欲有复于上而其长弗达者,立于肺 Direct indictment is a system of litigation stipulated by ancient Chinese law, that is, certain cases of serious and unruly dexterity may go directly to the supreme ruler (the king or the emperor) beyond the scope of general litigation and appeals procedures. The prosecution system originated in the Zhou Dynasty Drum and lung stone system. The so-called road drum, that is, ”the road drum in the big bedroom door (big servant) control of their affairs, in order to reach the poor and command, smell drums, Zhou Li Xia official “). The so-called lung stone, that is, ”lungs to reach the poor, where the distance between young and old,