民法是调整人身关系和财产关系的法律规范的总和。民法典的价值在于它的原则和精神,这种精神源自于民法本身追求的目标--社会自治。这种精神在《法国民法典》中以公私权分立、人格平等、个人主权、自由契约和个人责任加以体现。《德国民法典》虽然也是以这些原则为基础的,但由于两大民族的不同而导致其法典文风差异。《德国民法典》追求的是法律上的完美,而不是直接应用和服务于市民生活的需要。其在内容上对我国民法产生了极大的影响。 Civil law is the sum of the legal norms that regulate the personal relationship and property relations. The value of civil code rests with its principles and spirit, which derive from the goal pursued by civil law itself - social autonomy. This spirit is reflected in the French Civil Code by the separation of public and private rights, equal personality, personal sovereignty, freedom of contract, and personal responsibility. Although the German Civil Code is also based on these principles, its differences in the style of the written code resulted from the differences between the two major nationalities. The German Civil Code pursues legal perfection rather than the need to directly apply and serve the lives of citizens. Its content has a great influence on our civil law.