《罪己诏》是古代帝王反省罪己的御用文书。论其起源 ,当从禹、汤开始。此后 ,周成王、秦穆公、汉武帝、唐德宗、宋徽宗、清世祖 ,都曾经颁发过罪己诏。罪己诏大多是在阶级矛盾异常尖锐、国家处在危难之时颁发的 ,目的是消除民怨 ,笼络民心 ,具有很大的欺骗性。但是 ,其中也在一定程度上包含着帝王对自身过错和失败的反省忏悔。因此 ,我们还是可以从中得到一点启示 :“禹、汤罪己 ,其兴也勃焉 ;桀、纣罪人 ,其亡也忽焉”。 “Crimes Chao” is a royal emperors to reflect on their own evil instruments of imperial examination. On its origin, when starting from Yu, soup. Since then, Zhou Cheng-kwang, Qin Mu Gong, Han Emperor Wu, Tang Dezong, Song Huizong, Qing ancestors, have been issued sin Chao. Much of the crime was promulgated at a time when the class contradictions were exceptionally sharp and the country was in distress. The purpose was to eliminate grievances and win over people’s hearts and was greatly deceptive. However, to some extent, it also contains the emperors’ introspection and repentance of their faults and failures. Therefore, we can still get some enlightenment from it: “Yu, Tang sin, its prosperous Bo Yan; 桀, 纣 sinners, its death also suddenly Yan.”