晚清以后,中国社会的变迁堪以天翻地覆来形容。就法律而言,浸淫于西方法学的现代学子看到《大清律例》的时候,难免会因为它的粗陋和野蛮而自惭形秽。但当我们联想起这部法典的主要篇章已经薪火相传达三百余年之久,其中的某些规则至今仍在香港地区沿用的时候,我们不禁对百年以来前辈们改弦更张的决心 After the late Qing dynasty, the changes in Chinese society can be described as overturned. As far as the law is concerned, when modern scholars immersed in western legal science saw the “Qing Law”, they would inevitably be ashamed of its rudeness and brutality. However, when we recall that the major chapters of this code have been handed over for more than three hundred years and some of the rules are still in place in Hong Kong, we can not help but deny the determination of our predecessors over the past century