沈家本的历史法哲学可以用三个短语表述,即“权时应变”,“融会贯通”,“保守经常”。其目的在于建立起具有中国历史传统特色的西方化的法律体系。他认为,对传统法律既要有所保留,更要大力变革;对西方法律既不应也不可能全盘移入,更不应也不可能拒之门外。其历史法哲学表现出稳重性、建设性、时代性、进步性的思想特征。 Shen Jiasen’s philosophy of historical jurisprudence can be expressed in three phrases, namely, “the right to respond,” “easy to understand”, “conservative often.” Its purpose is to establish a Westernized legal system with the traditional Chinese history. In his opinion, we should not only retain the traditional law, but also vigorously change it. We should neither allow nor permit the western law to move in, nor should and should not be rejected. Its historical philosophy of law shows the characteristics of being stable, constructive, modern and progressive.