中国古代,尤其是春秋战国时期,各派学说林立,思想界呈现出百花齐放的态势。为适应时代发展潮流,各派学说不断完善自身理论以求在各派理论中艳压群芳,适应统治者的需求,把握时代主流。在这个过程中,各派理论中的法治思想及措施都成为统治者统治臣民最为有效的手段,而法治思想中必不可少的环节就是诉讼。 In ancient China, especially in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the various schools of thought were full of ideas and the world of thought presented a flourishing situation. In order to adapt to the trend of development of the times, the schools of all factions continue to improve their own theories so as to exert pressure on the various groups and factions to meet the needs of the rulers and seize the mainstream of the times. In this process, the thoughts and measures of the rule of law in the various schools of thought have become the most effective means for the rulers to rule the subjects. The indispensable link in the rule of law thinking is the lawsuit.