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鬼神信仰是我国古代传统思想主要潮流,相对于西方社会的宗教信仰对其法律意识的影响,鬼神信仰在以儒家伦理道德为主流思想的中国传统文化背景之下更加具有针对性和普遍意义。中国古代社会长期推行的君主专制使鬼神信仰对于立法者(皇帝)首先是一种维护君权的王化工具,其次才关乎个人信仰问题;对司法官们来说,则是一种积累阴德、消灾避祸、助其破案的方法论;同时也是先民们渴望社会公正、抚慰心灵而寻找的法律替代品。
The belief in spirits and gods is the main trend of ancient Chinese traditional thoughts. Compared with the influence of religious beliefs in western society on their legal awareness, the spirits and gods are more specific and universal in the Chinese traditional culture with Confucian ethics as the mainstream. The monarchy autocratic monarchy that has been practiced for a long time in ancient Chinese society made the belief in spirits and gods aiming at legislators (the emperor) first of all as a tool to safeguard the monarchy, and secondly on the issue of personal beliefs; for judges, Disaster avoidance and help solve the case of the methodology; but also the ancestors are eager to social justice, soothing the mind and looking for a legal alternative.