电视剧版《红高粱》以20世纪30年代民国时期的山东省高密县为背景,60集剧情里充分展示了那个时代的中国地方治理和乡土人情的各个方面,其具有代表性的意义,折射中中国传统地方司法制度的各种特征:如行政与司法合一,民事案件的刑事化,职权主义下的刑事审判等等。本文通过解读与分析,探寻中国地方司法制度运行的思想与实践,从而期冀能够得出一些对于现代司法有益的启示。 The TV version of “Red Sorghum” takes the background of Gaomi County, Shandong Province during the Republican China in the 1930s. The 60-episode series shows all aspects of Chinese local governance and local customs at that time in a representative manner. Reflections Various characteristics of the traditional Chinese local judicial system: such as the unity of administration and judicature, the criminalization of civil cases, criminal trials under the power of attorney and so on. Through reading and analyzing, this article explores the thinking and practice of the operation of the local judicial system in China, hoping to draw some enlightenment for the modern judiciary.