| At present, the domestic and foreign scholars have been given to the issue of elderlycrime. a great deal of attention for the elderly crime causes, characteristics, types, and so amore specific analysis, however, these studies are mostly from the Criminal Law, mostlyfrom aspects of jurisprudence,less some scholars to study ancient Chinese law specificprovisions for the elderly crime, even if,there is only a stroke with it.In this, the author tries to specific analysis from the perspective of the legal history ofancient China the elderly crime law, analyze the reasons for the formation of the elderlycrime ancient Chinese system of forgiveness and the forgiveness of the ancient Chineseelderly crime system, and hope in the analysis ancient Chinese legal process, learn themental factors has yet to lose its value, provide a favorable reference to the improvementof the contemporary Chinese legal system.The first part of the paper, the relevant provisions of the ancient Chinese excusablecrime of the elderly were carding and combing the relevant legal provisions on the basis ofthe legal provisions of the analysis, interpretation; In the second part, described the causeof the crime of the ancient Chinese forgiveness elderly, is looking for in terms ofideological, political, economic as well as older physical, psychological reasons; The thirdpart of the system of ancient Chinese elderly crime of forgiveness evaluated on the basis ofthe evaluation, at all times related to the forgiveness elderly crime law as a referenceimplementation of specific legal system and the specific penalty recommendations for theelderly criminal law of China’s current criminal law. |