Relatives Mutually Conceal Their Misconduct.

法律允許一定范圍內(nèi)的親屬隱匿或包庇犯罪而不負刑事責任?！坝H親相隱”至少可追溯至春秋戰(zhàn)國時期。漢代時，被正式確立為法律原則，此后歷朝歷代皆依循。2012年修訂后的《中華人民共和國刑事訴訟法》解除了被告人父母、配偶、子女強制出庭作證的義務(wù)。此舉被學界視為“親親相隱”思想的當代體現(xiàn)。

The law permits relatives of a criminal to conceal or harbor his/her crime and to be exempt from criminal responsibility to a certain degree. The concept can be traced back to at least the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States periods. It was formally established as a legal principle in the Han Dynasty, and followed by successive dynasties since then. TheCriminal Procedural Law of the People's Republic of Chinarevised in 2012 exempted a defendant's parents, spouse and children from the obligation to testify against him/her in court. The exemption is regarded in academic circles as a contemporary embodiment of this concept.

引例 Citation：

◎ 父為子隱，子為父隱。直在其中矣。（《論語·子路》）

（父親為兒子隱瞞，兒子為父親隱瞞，其中隱含著正直的道理。）

The father conceals the misconduct of the son，and in turn the son conceals the father's misconduct. Righteous justification is embodied this way.（The Analects）