On the Legal Culture Analysis of Yanzhou Anti-Church Case in Late Qing Dynasty

Authors

  • QIAO Fei Law Professor of Henan University Law School.Doctor Juris.Research area: Christianity and Law.Mail address: Law School, Henan University, Kaifeng City, Henan Province, P.R.China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37819/ijsws.25.1756

Keywords:

Anti-church Case, Legal Culture, Tradition, Modern

Abstract

Yanzhou Anti-Church Case, which happened in the late Qing Dynasty in Shandong Province, contains complex legal culture besides political factors. For the causes of happening, the national psychology of Chinese tradition "prevention of Hua-Yi ", the idea of" community standard "and the civil regulation making by Yanzhou people according to the emotion logic are the legal cultural factors that why Yanzhou Case taking place. During the dispute settlement processing, the cultural view of "one culture only" conflicted with the "multiple coexistence" , the value orientation of "public opinion" conflicted with the "legal rights" , and the style of "legal rights appeal " conflicted with " hidden rules response". These reflect the difference between Chinese and Western legal culture. Anti-Church Case was the result of the collision between "tradition" and "modern" in late Qing Dynasty, missionary and anti-church case processing also promoted the transformation from traditional China to modern. Today, the conflict between tradition and modern has not been stopped, our cultural modernization, psychological modernization still have a long way to go.

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Published

2023-11-30

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Practical Theology and Sino-Western Views on Church and Society

How to Cite

On the Legal Culture Analysis of Yanzhou Anti-Church Case in Late Qing Dynasty. (2023). International Journal of Sino-Western Studies, 25, 47-63. https://doi.org/10.37819/ijsws.25.1756

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