Study On Cheng Shude’s Textual Criticism On The Law Of Nine Dynasties

Textual Criticism on The Law of Nine Dynasties is an important book of Chineselegal history of disciplinary. It collects comprehensively and researches accurately.Itfills the gap of the legal history of China, and attracts widespread attention afterpublication. It has been regarded as the classic of the discipline of the legal history ofChina.Textual Criticism on The Law of Nine Dynasties which contains the essence ofthe study of legal history is written by Cheng Shude on the basic of collection andtextual. The research on Textual Criticism on The Law of Nine Dynasties by theacademic of legal history is sporadic and incidental.This paper attemps to have a morecomprehensive and objective understanding through a further and systematicallyresearch on Textual Criticism on The Law of Nine Dynasties. The article firstlyintroduces the Cheng Shude’s life, scholarship and the background in order todescribe the situation about Textual criticism on the law of nine dynasties.Secondlyanalyze the style and content. And research methods of this book thoroughly and sumup four characteristics: Reference in detail and verify carefully; Self-contained systemand rigorous logic; Method and style inherit the past and usher in the future; reflectthe independent and objective acedemic research. Generally the article judges thewriter and investigate Cheng Shude’s legal thoughts from the book. Finally, the articlegive an objective evaluation for Cheng Shude’s Textual Criticism on The Law of NineDynasties.