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.