刑法，是伴随着氏族制度的解体、阶级社会的出现而产生的、用以维护和巩固阶级统治的工具。我国刑法源远流长，已有4000多年的历史，先秦典籍中不乏记载。
中国古代成文刑法典中的概括性禁律源远流长。
Catch-all statutes have a long history in the penal code in ancient China.
缘坐制度在展示不同的时代具有代表性刑法的同时，揭示了中国古代法深厚的宗法文化底蕴。
It also indicates that different representative penal codes exist in different times, discovering the rich details of patriarchal clan in China's ancient law.
但在中国古代法律中是否存在罪刑法定，学界一直存在着争论。
However, the academia, there has been controversy about the principle whether existences in the ancient laws in Chinese.
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