見微知著皆史料，鴻爪雪泥覓法跡──評鄭顯文著《出土文獻與唐代法律史研究》

Historical Documents and The Research on Legal History-Reviews about Research for Excavated Texts and The legal history of Tang

中國社會科學出版社出版，鄭顯文教授所著《出土文獻與唐代法律史研究》一書，以出土文獻為證據，佐以傳世文獻，對唐代法制的若干方面進行了細緻考證。全書分設四個主題，圍繞唐代法制運行、法律文化以及法律交流等方面展開，綜合運用了敦煌吐蕃文書、北宋《天聖令》殘卷等文獻。第一章探討了唐代法典的體例問題，一則是現存《唐律疏議》的本源，二則是唐式的體例。第二章主要是法制運行過程中的幾個具體問題，包括假寧制度、獄政管理制度、商業法律制度、司法問責制度以及司法過程中的翻譯人等。第三章是關於傳統問題的新證，包括書證、結社和軍法等。第四章則對古代中國與世界的法律交流進行了探索。

Professor Zheng, Xian-wen’s book, Research for Excavated Texts and The legal history of Tang Dynasty, was published by China Social Science Press. The author made a thorough textual research on several problems in the legal history of Tang Dynasty according to excavated texts and traditional documents. The book was divided into four themes, around the legal system, legal culture and legal exchange of Tang Dynasty. Excavated texts and traditional documents used in this book included Dunhuang Tibetan documents and the Northern Song Dynasty Incomplete legal text Tiansheng ling scrolls. The first chapter discussed problems of the code style. One was the original text of tanglvshuyi. The other problem was the style of Tangshi. The second chapter told some specific problems of legal operation, including vacation system, the prison management system, commercial law system, judicial accountability system and the translator in judicial process. The third chapter researched some traditional problems with new evidence, including documentary evidence, association system and military law. The fourth chapter was about legal exchanges between the ancient China and other countries.