古代中国的伦理思想曾经包含有丰富的类似于今天的法治宽容原则。在孔子和儒家的学说中，宽容是“仁”的具体做法。但是我国传统的宽容思想从近代以来并没有得到很好的传承和发展，与“严刑峻法”、“严惩”或“严打”的法律思想相比，法治宽容的市场和声音要小得多。今天，宽容不仅是一种超法律价值，还是一种超伦理价值，在一定程度上已经成了一个关乎人类命运的问题。如果要在自由和平等的市民中建立一种公平的合作体系，那么该社会就必须建立在政治和法治宽容的原则之上。近年来，宽容原则不仅在我国的治安、刑事法治领域，而且在民事、行政法治等领域也达成了不少共识，得到了某些有效的运用。
Traditional Chinese ethics contains rich content similar to modern principles of the rule of law and tolerance. According to the Confucian doctrine，tolerance is a concrete manifestation of benevolence （ren）. However，this traditional Chinese doctrine of tolerance has not been adhered to or developed since modern times. Compared to the legal ideas of “severe penal codes”，“inflexible administration of justice” and “strike hard”，the voice of the advocators of legal tolerance is much weaker. Today，tolerance is a value that transcends not only law，but also ethics，and has，to a certain extent，become an issue that affects the fate of mankind. In order to establish a fair system of cooperation among free and equal citizens，the society must be based on the principle of political and legal tolerance. In recent years，many consensuses have been reached on，and effective applications made of，the principle of tolerance in China，not only in the fields of public security and criminal law，but also in the fields of civil，administrative and other laws.
