On the Causes of the Lost of Qin Law in Handed-down Documents

The discovery of Shuihudi Qin Bamboo Slips makes research on Qin Law become possible;and the discovery of Zhangjiashan Han Bamboo Slips makes the relation of Qin Law and Han Law become the focus of attention.Apart from thinking about these issues,people want to know why these important laws are hard to be found in vast historical records in China.The inheritance of Qin Law,the criticism of Qin's politics,and the Confucianism of law in Han Dynasty are undoubtedly the factors that resulted in the lost of Qin Law in handed-down documents.