明初统治者采取“重典治国”的法律指导思想,这一思想对其封建统治影响很大。从中国传统法律实践中的重要组成部分族刑入手,将明代族刑的立法及适用情况与前代比较,分析明初“重典治国”的原因和实质,而后指出其得失。 The rulers of the early Ming adopted the legal guiding ideology of “rule the country by law”, and this thought had a great influence on the feudal rule. Starting from the ethnic penalty, which is an important part of Chinese traditional legal practice, this article compares the legislation and application of the ethnic penalty in the Ming Dynasty with the previous generations, analyzes the reason and essence of the “rule of the reign of classical China” in the early Ming Dynasty, and then points out its gains and losses.