J4 ›› 2012, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (1): 70-75.
在《冕宁县清代档案》中记载了这样一个案例：吴华与谢昌达因孩童口角而互控在案，在此过程中，文人吴华不依不饶，以各种理由九次控县、三次控府，充分展示了清人的健讼与缠讼。事实告诉我们，在以“无讼”思想为主宰的传统社会，当事人一旦卷入纠纷进入诉讼，其不但不畏惧打官司，而且为达目的，甚至表现出健讼与缠讼。此外，通过此案也可以看出隐藏在案件背后的强权政治、官府的不作为以及当事人自身因素等，正是这些导致健讼、缠讼的出现；同时，以今人的眼光来看，健讼、缠讼也未必不是一件好事。
There was a case recorded in Mianning County Archives of Qing Dynast, and the two lawsuit main bodies, bodies Wu Hua and Xie Changda accused each other because their children had a quarrel. Intellectual Wu Hua accused county government for 9 times and state government for 3 times, which manifested clearly his character of litigiosity and vexatiousness. Once people were involved in lawsuits against the background of non-litigation dominated in the traditional society, they not only faced bravely the lawsuits, but also did their efforts to win it. Besides, we could see power politics, government nonfeasance and parties' own factors hidden behind the case. It was these factors that caused litigiosity and vexatiousness.At the same time, litigiosity and vexatiousness may be a good thing in modern view.
