In traditional views, the definition of cautious penalty is for lighter penalty or beneficent penalty.This understanding in not changed gradually with the deep research in traditional law.

• 在传统观点中,“慎刑”一直被界定为“宽刑”、“轻刑”或“恤刑”、“仁刑”,这种理解并未随着法律史学的深入研究而逐渐厘清认识,相反却形成了思维定式。