《唐律疏议》中的“情”考辨

The Elaborative Study of “Qing” in The Comments on Laws of Tang Dynasty

中文关键词:  唐律疏议；情；正刑定罪

英文关键词:The Comments on Laws of Tang Dynasty, Qing, properly defining crimes and convicting criminals

中文摘要:

      传世文献中“情”的含义可分为“人情”与“本情”两类，表达本情、真情、实情等含义时多记述狱讼、司法等内容；竹简秦汉律中有“知情”“言情”等表述，“情”皆作本情、真情、实情；《唐律疏议》中“情”出现282次，其中65%表述形式为“知情”“不知情”，88%表达的含义为本情、真情、实情；“情”作为立法语言与法律词汇，在唐律中的主要功能是围绕“正刑定罪”展开的，这也是唐律立法主旨与基本价值追求的直接表现。

英文摘要:

      The meanings of “Qing” in ancient literature include “human feelings” and “the truth”, and the latter “the truth”, when connoting the real situations, or the actual state of affairs, narrates the contents of lawsuits and the judicature, etc. The phrases such as “with knowledge of the truth”, “expressing the truth of the case” appeared in bamboo slips of Qin and Han dynasty laws, which referred to the real situations, the truth of the case, or the facts. The word “Qing” counts 282 times, 65% of which have the expressions of “with knowledge of the truth”, “without knowledge of the truth”, 88% of which mean the real situations, the truth of the case, or the facts. Therefore, “Qing”, as a legislative word, has the major function of properly defining crimes and convicting criminals, which directly embodies the legislative principles and basic values of the Tang Dynasty laws.