一法律对于中国社会而言并不是决然的新事物,从商鞅的变法到大清律例构成了中国传统法律的基本线索。然而,法律真正作为中国基层社会治理的准则并不具有悠久的传统,它只是在晚清以来才被提上日程。法治在被引入到中国近代社会之初被赋予了特定的历史使命,即将法治视为育民救国的良药。但是,陷于内忧外患的晚清政府最后所抓的“救命稻草”并没有挽回自己被终结的命运,晚清 A law is not a new thing for Chinese society. From Shang Yang’s reform to the Qing law, it forms the basic clue of Chinese traditional law. However, the law, which truly serves as a guideline for grassroots social governance in China, does not have a long tradition. It was only put on the agenda since the late Qing Dynasty. At the beginning of the introduction of the rule of law into modern Chinese society, the rule of law was given a specific historic mission of treating the rule of law as a medicine for the salvation of the people. However, the late Qing government, caught in internal and external disturbances, finally didn "t save the fate of its end. Late Qing