本文借助包公故事这一反映当时社会心态的媒介,选取涉及刑法问题的典型公案戏,主要论及了当时社会大众对道德、法律和诸多问题的认识。其中,很多社会心态与今日并无本质不同。因此,对该种社会心态形成和传播的分析也同样适用于当今社会。 This article, with the help of Bao Gong’s story, reflects the social mentality of the time and selects the typical public case involving the criminal law. It mainly discusses the public’s understanding of morality, law and many issues at that time. Among them, many social attitudes are not fundamentally different from today. Therefore, the analysis of the formation and dissemination of this kind of social mentality also applies to today’s society.