Chinese Ancient Testament Inheritance Research

The full essay has nine parts: First section is the foreword; the middle part is divided into seven branches. Firstly, it combs the development venation of ancient testament inheritance in china. Afterwards it indicates the Chinese ancient testament through the aspects of its capability, the form and items, the content, the process, the effect and the way of performing it. And also analyzes the characteristics of Chinese ancient testament inheritance on the base of it, summarizes the substance of Chinese ancient testament inheritance. The final section is the conclusion of the entire essay.The first section is foreword. It introduced the background of this paper and the techniques as well as the meaning of this proposition and research. Whether ancient or modern times, people usually reveal their true feelings before passing away. The mortal will is also an important part of human legal culture. When we research the means of the legal culture, we must regard the native and the exotic equally, and combine the two for reference and being perfect. So when emphasizing the in draught of the western advanced legal culture, the value of Chinese classical law can not be neglected also. It is the same with the discussion of testament inheritance. From the historical data we have mastered that the testament inheritance of Chinese ancient times germinated in the pre-Qin days, formed in Qin Han, being more completed in the Three Kingdoms-Wei and Two Jins, flourishing in Sui Tang, aging in Song Yuan Ming and Qing. The testament has various names and complex content. It concerns with many aspect of social life, contains plenty of cultural connotation. This paper attempts to make preliminary analysis about the whole...