The Legal System Of The Tubo Songtsen Gampo’s Period

Songtsen Gampo was the lord of Tibet who was known as the wise one and admired by all the civilian of Tibet since his childhood. He created the original generally used Tibetan character and enacted the first statute law in Tibet history which made great contributions for the gradual unification of Tibet and opened a new era of Tibetan culture. Buy investigating the law of Songtsen Gampo,we can get a general idea of Tibetan moral principles and ethics of the era before the introduction of Buddhist Thought and grasp a profound understanding of the Tibetan society which has great importance in further development of Regional Ethnic Autonomy in the consideration of both theoretical and practical value.This essay focuses on the statute law,based on the Wise Wedding Banquet and the Religious origins of Diwu,the the Medieval masterpiece of historical,takes both legislative basis and legal characteristics into consideration to explore the Legislative Features implied,with the latest academic achievements of Dunhuang Manuscripts and modern researches of political and legal studies of Tibetan culture for guidance.This essay contains three chapters,the first chapter is about the origin and development patten of law in Tibet buy introducing the whole system of legislation in the era of Songtsen Gampo.The second chapter is the focus of this article.There are three analysis angles for further comparison,the foundation of the law of Songtsen Gampo,the basic context of the law and the law system itself. In the first part of this chapter, it is denied that the "Ten Good Law " is the base of the Tibetan legislation according to the political, cultural and religious background of Tibet buy introduction the foundation of the law of Songtsen Gampo is the moral principles and ethics and learn from the experiences of surrounding nations and vassal states. The second part focus on the basic context of the law of Songtsen Gampo and historical documents about it. The third part analyzes simply and perspicuously from features and legislation thought which reflect on legal system. I indicate it has not yet made distinction between contents of law, it is characterized by mandatory, class and combination of all laws. Analyze based on goal cognition theory, the main purpose of legislation thought of Sontzen Gampo is to consolidate and develop emerging central regime of Tibet.The third chapter is the conclusion about the influence of the law of Songtsen Gampo in Tibetan society and the understanding of the writer for the law system in the era of Songtsen Gampo,last but not the least,several issues about Tibetan law system which still lacking of attention in the academic circles...