What are the characteristics of ancient Chinese law?

1. The unity of rites and laws. The Tang Laws organically united the ethical spirit of rituals and state penalties, and vigorously defended the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

2. Brief and concise. The whole Tang law is only 12 articles, 502 articles, broad and simple, with a high degree of generalization.

3. Perfect legislative techniques. Based on the legislative achievements of the previous generation, the Tang law has a rigorous structure, general and standardized terminology, and further clarified the principles and concepts of public crimes, private crimes, and crimes committed by outsiders.

4. Tang law is a model of traditional Chinese law and the formation of the Chinese legal system. Tang law in the history of ancient Chinese law, has the role of the next, inherited the Qin and Han legislation results, absorbed the achievements of the Han and Jin law Tang law's historical status is mainly reflected in the history of the important position in the past and the beginning of the future.

(l) Tang law on the influence of Chinese feudal law. Tang law is the model of the Chinese feudal code, in the history of China's legal system has an important position in the past and the future. The Tang dynasty inherited the legislative achievements of the Qin and Han dynasties, and absorbed the achievements of the Han and Jin legal science, so that the Tang law shows a high degree of maturity. The Tang law has the typicality and representativeness of the feudal code, therefore, it has a profound influence on the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing laws.

(2) The influence of Tang law on East Asian countries. Tang law as a typical representative of the Chinese legal system. Its influence not only in their own countries. And overloaded borders, on Asia, especially East Asian countries have a significant impact. Such as the Korean Goryeo law chapter content are taken from the Tang law. Japan's Dabao law decree is also modeled on the Tang law, Vietnam's Li Taizun period of criminal book. Also most of the reference. It can be seen that the Tang law not only in China's legal history. And in the world's legal history occupy an important position.