《平凡的世界》中的两剧情,即猪粪的归属与流水分配使用的冲突与纠纷,涉及的法律关系一是孳息物的所有权归属问题,二是相邻关系中的相邻用水、流水、截水、排水的法律问题。从中可以窥见“活法”的内涵:第一,法源于生活,生活需要法;第二,法源于对生活中争端解决的需要,而争端产生根源乃在于生活资源的稀缺;第三,对争端的解决,逐渐形成固定化的纠纷解决机制。时至今日,“活法”仍在社会生活中发挥着重要的作用。 The two plots in the “ordinary world”, namely the ownership of pig manure and the use and distribution of running water conflicts and disputes, the legal relationship involved is vested in the ownership of fruits and vegetables, the second is the adjacent water, running water , Cut off the water, drainage of legal issues. From which we can get a glimpse of the connotation of “living law”: first, law originates from life and life needs law; second, law originates from the need of dispute settlement in life, which is caused by the scarcity of living resources; Third, the settlement of disputes, and gradually form a fixed dispute resolution mechanism. Today, “living law” still plays an important role in social life.