在中国传统文化中,作为现代法律文化核心的“法权”观念始终缺席,这为当代中国的法治现代化进程带来诸多难题。本文认为,西方文化传统中的“法权”源于对“私有财产”的文化表征,而古代中国受限于所有制形式,无法孕育出类似的“法权”观念。然而,中国文化中对“法”的价值追求却更加深刻,因而可以成为完善中国法律文化体系的重要抓手。 In traditional Chinese culture, the concept of “legal rights” as the core of modern legal culture has always been absent, which brings many problems for the modernization of the rule of law in contemporary China. This paper argues that the “law of rights ” in the Western cultural tradition stems from the cultural representation of “private property ”, while the ancient China was restricted to the form of ownership and could not conceive similar concepts of “legal rights.” However, the value pursuit of “law ” in Chinese culture is even more profound, which can become an important starting point for improving the Chinese legal culture.