任德不任刑

重德政而不重刑罰。這是漢代董仲舒對德刑關(guān)系的看法。針對漢初因襲秦朝“刑治”所帶來的弊政，董仲舒重申了儒家的德治理念，提出“任德不任刑”的法律主張。他認為君主應(yīng)當(dāng)實施德政，以教化作為治國的主要手段，而不應(yīng)一味使用刑罰。隨著儒家思想在漢代政治中的不斷強化，“任德不任刑”直接促進了古代道德與政治的融合。

Morality-ruling over penalty-ruling is the view of Dong Zhongshu， a scholar of the HanDynasty， on the relationship between virtue and punishment. To deal with the drawbacksof “penalty-ruling” passed down from the Qin Dynasty to the earlier Han Dynasty， Dongreiterated the Confucian concept of “morality-ruling” and proposed “morality-ruling overpenalty-ruling.” He believed that emperors should adopt moral rule， with moralization asthe primary means of governance and that they should refrain from solely relying onpunishment. Since Confucianism played a pivotal role in politics in the Han Dynasty， theconcept sped up the integration of morality and politics in ancient China.

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天道之大者在陰陽。（剩余614字）