中西歷史情境中「民法」之共同核心研究－－以功能性比較為路徑

Do Traditional Chinese and Western 'Civil Law' Have Common Core Historically-A Functional Comparison

在中西各自不同的歷史情境中，進行概念和結構層面的「民法」比較是非常困難的。但是，如果以功能性比較為路徑，就會發現，中西「民法」各自依托在不同的主流思想，即儒家與自然法思想之中，兩者在發展演變的過程中，盡管有諸多差異性，但其「共同核心」即相似性，同祥不容忽視。尤其是在以下三個方面，它們有著驚人的相合之處：其一，在民法原則上，「誠信」是其共同追求的理念之一；其二，在社會功能上，同為民事規則之評價標準；其三，在傳承方式上，教育同為其不可或缺的重要路徑。Chinese and western countries have different historical backgrounds, so it is quite difficult to make a comparison between them on the concept and structure of 'civel law' thoughts. However, if we make a functional comparison, we can discover that Chinese and Western civil alw thoughts are both relying on their own mainstream ideologies, which are Confucianism and natural law thoughts. Although there are many differences in their development and evolution, yet their 'common core' can not be ignored. Especially, they are amazingly identical in the following three aspects: first, they both pursue the integrity in the spirit of civil law; then, their social function are both to evaluate the civil rules; third, education is a indispensable path for them to carry forward.