An Analysis of the Pattern-and-Cause of People's Idea of Lawsuit in Traditional China

People's idea of lawsuit in traditional China mainly reflects as the sentiment of "detesting lawsuit", which represents the general idea of lawsuit in China's feudal society. However, the idea of detesting lawsuit didn't dominate every period or region in the history. In certain period or place, there have existed "litigiosity" and "disputatiousness". The emergence of the idea of detesting lawsuit, litigiosity and disputatiousness all came from people's inclination towards benefits at certain time in certain place.