明代中后期风化刑法的衰落

明代中后期随着商品经济迅速发展,社会风气日益腐化,放纵声色之风败坏了社会风化,对旨在纯正社会风气的风化刑法形成剧烈冲击。这在同时期的世情文学作品中得到穷形尽相的描写,犯奸者法不追究、嫁娶违律蔚然成风、男风与寡妇改嫁已然成俗。但是法不责众、律外原情等因素致使规制男女性事、迎亲嫁娶、妇女守节的风化刑法对此束手无策,有些条文甚至成了具文,统治者利用刑法维护风化的目的落空,衰落之相可见一斑。

The Fading away of the Custom-enlightenment Criminal Law in the Mid and Late Phase of Ming Dynasty

In the mid and late phase of Ming Dynasty, with the commodity economy development social custom was gradually falling in- to corruption, which dramatially impacted the custom - enlightenment criminal law. The rules like, ＂law is not responsible for the pub- lic＂ seriously restricted the implementation of the law. Some provisions even existed as mere formality.