The Law Of Respecting Old In Ancient China

Chinese traditional culture is in the long social history and the respect for the elderly is the fine tradition of the Chinese nation, the culture of "respect for the elderly" is an ancient society pursues of the history and respect for the elderly aged pension traditional precipitation. Academic study of "respect for the elderly" culture of scholars, but few researchers study on "respect for the elderly" culture and ancient Chinese legal relationship, most scholars are slightly in the study of "respect for the elderly" culture and its performance in the traditional law.In ancient China, the ruling class promote to "respect for the elderly" culture, not only in the form of law to implement policy of respect for the elderly, the "respect for the elderly" into the law, but also with the help of legislation to promote "respect for the elderly" culture legalization. Chinese traditional law gives the crime of elderly penalty absolve and family marriage, property, personal privilege, these embody the "respect for the elderly" culture of law could be called respect for the elderly in ancient law. To express, through discusses the law of "respect for the elderly" culture that respect for the elderly is not only a social tradition, also is a kind of traditional Chinese law, because its throughout the ancient legal system of the old. Today’s socialist rule of law society compared with the traditional social absolute monarchy, the legal system has been very different, but we can still be selectively from ancient respect for the elderly is still valuable content in law, to reflect respect for the elderly this legal tradition, to perfect the modern legal system of the old and to provide reference and thinking.