Mr.Xu Chaoyang’s Traces to the Source of the Chinese Procedural Law is generally regarded as a classic in the field of procedural laws in China.However,there are two problems in the methodology used.One is that the interpretive system the author used to reconstruct Chinese history is from western,what he narrated is the history which Mr.Xu wrote;the other is that the differences between representation and practice are overlooked,what he described is the history in the system.The achievement shou...