劳乃宣是清末礼法之争中的一名悍将,传统观点都将其视为礼教派的代表人物,认为他是阻碍中国法律近代化的顽固的卫道士。更甚者以其为反面人物入史。诚然,劳乃宣确有尊儒维教的保守一面,但劳乃宣并不是清末改制的阻碍者,恰恰相反是积极倡导者和力践者,其因俗隆礼的变法主张至今仍有借鉴意义。劳氏对礼治几乎病态的秉持定有其特定的思想根源,笔者不揣浅薄,斗胆撰此文以就教于方家。 Lao Nai Xuan was a defender in the dispute over the ceremony of rites and ends of the court in the late Qing dynasty. Both traditional viewpoints regard him as a representative of the rite, and consider him a stubborn defender who impedes the modernization of Chinese law. What is more, as a negative character into history. It is true that Lao Nai did have the conservative side of Confucianism. However, Laoshi Nai Xuan is not an impediment to the reform in the late Qing Dynasty. On the contrary, he is an active advocate and practitioner. significance. Lloyd’s treatment of Ritual almost morbid state has its own specific ideological roots, the author does not guess the shallow, courageous to write this article to teach in Fang.