China had a colorful legal tradition ever for centuries, which seems has been completely overlooked for such a long time by the Westerners as well as most of the Chinese jurists and historians. A great movement of legal reform started in the first decade of the 20th century when the last Ch’ing dynasty just came to his end, actually and in result which may lay the logical legal foundation for the new government of China, even till today for the PRC. This research program aims to present some new and important aspects of Chinese legal history to the French and European scholars, as a part of the former program Legalizing Space in China led by Professor Jérôme Bourgon at the ENS de Lyon. This project includes essentially re-editing, punctuating, and translating some classic Chinese legal documents with a critical mind, the main parts of which should be the Ming and Ch’ing code (Da Ming lü et Da Qing lüli). We believe that would give us many detailed knowledge about such a complicated legal system. Besides, some conferences and seminars will allow students and professors in Asian and Social Studies to get acquainted with Chinese law and its long legal tradition.