中国古代契约资料概述

• 作 者: 张传玺
• 机 构: 北京大学中国古代史教研室 教授
• 出 处: 法律文献信息与研究
• 发表日期: 2005年02期
• 关键词: 契约 竹简 木牍 傅别 魏晋 时效 质剂 原始社会 契尾 判书

我国使用契约的历史很长,如从原始社会末年开始使用萌芽状态的契约算起,至民国时期止,已有4000多年了。其间曾使用过的契约总数,大约接近于一个天文数字。可是契约毕竟不是世代必读的教科书,而是一种时效性极强的法律文书。一旦时过境迁,时效失掉,人们就不再注意对它的保存。又契约都是用易燃易毁的材料制作的。两汉以前用竹简木牍,魏晋以后用纸。这样

The history of the use of the contract in our country is very long. From the beginning of the primitive society, the contract of the budding state began to count. Until the Republic of China, over 4000 years ago. In the meantime, the total number of contracts used has been around as close as an astronomical figure. However, the contract is not, after all, a must-read textbook for generations, but a time-critical legal instrument. Once the passage of time, the loss of time, people no longer pay attention to its preservation. And the contract is made of flammable and easily destroyed materials. Two Han bamboo sticks before the bamboo shoots, Wei and Jin after the paper. such