赎刑在中国“发源”较早,经历代的发展,至唐则臻于完备,明代在继承先代的基础上, 对赎刑做出重大改革,出现了律钞与例钞之别,并规定入钞赎罪,将钞法与赎刑紧密结合。后钞法崩坏,直接影响了历次赎刑的修改。明代赎刑的发展为我们提供了一个较独特的视角, 使我们站在律法的角度来审视明帝国的相关货币政策。 Redemption in China “origin ” earlier, through the development of the generation, until the Tang Dynasty is perfect, on the basis of inheriting the ancestors, the Ming Dynasty made a major reform of the redemption, appeared in the difference between legal notes and bank notes, and provides Money atonement, the law will be closely linked with the redeem. After the collapse of the law, a direct impact on the previous redemption of the amendment. The development of the atonement in the Ming Dynasty provided us with a unique perspective that allowed us to examine the relevant monetary policy of the Ming Empire from the perspective of the law.