In contemporary China,China's fine traditional legal culture is the culture source and root of Chinese path to modernization of the rule of law and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese na-tion.China's fine traditional legal culture has originality in content,continuity in form,innovation in development,unity in function,and inclusiveness in value.The ideological essence of China's fine traditional legal culture includes governance strategy of enforcing public discipline through the appli-cation of both morality and law,the people-centered concept that the people are the foundation of a state and only when the foundation is solid will the state be stable,the wish for social harmony with-out lawsuits,the idea of prudence that prioritizes moral enlightenment over legal punishment,the concept of equality that advocates passing judgment in accordance with the law and ensures that the punishment fits the crime,and the principle of leniency towards widowers,widows,orphans,child-less couples,the elderly,children,women,and people with disabilities.The adaptation of the basic tenets of Marxism to China's specific realities and its fine traditional culture is the fundamental princi-ple of carrying forward and developing China's fine traditional legal culture.Adherence to the identity of the Chinese culture is the basic standpoint for the inheritance and development.Creative transfor-mation and development is the basic method of inheritance and development.The historic mission of China's fine traditional legal culture is to cultivate cultural heritage for the Chinese path to moderniza-tion of the rule of law and to establish the confidence of the rule of law for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
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