On Evolution of the Evidence Rules in the Period of the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States

In the period of the Spring and Autumn And the Warring States,the society's economy,politics,culture and life changed dramatically and profoundly.The various legal systems also changed.In the field of judicial law,because the society and the moral values were changing,the evidence rules,as the core content of the judicial law also changed.In the period of the Spring and Autumn And the Warring States,put emphasis on evidence collection and review,in litigation activities,during the Spring and Autumn period patriarchal factors had played an important role,but in the Warring States period power of state and achievements of science and technology were more important.In the Spring and Autumn period the evidence of Litigation was simple,unrefined,but in the Warring States period,the evidence of litigation tended to be refined and institutionalized.Later generations inherited these main features of the law of evidence system.These changes in the law had a profound impact on evolution of evidence of litigation in the development of the history of ancient china.