汉时人援引古代儒家经典断决疑案,蔚然成风,史称“经义决狱”(又称“《春秋》决狱”)。论者多以为汉之经义决狱,或起因于当日法律的不完备,或因为其时法律的反儒倾问,因而将董仲舒认作是以礼入法的第一人。这一种看法之建立在儒法截然对立以及秦汉之法纯本于法家精神的前 The Han Dynasty people quoted the ancient classics of Confucianism to determine the mystery of doubt. It became known as the “Jingdezhen” (also known as the “Spring and Autumn” prison "). Most of the scholars think that the righteousness and jail of Han are due to the incomplete law of the day or because of the anti-Confucianism and misleadingness of the law at that time, so Dong Zhongshu is regarded as the first person to enact law. This view is based on the diametrically opposite Confucianism and the legal basis of the Qin and Han dynasties