Hsing Yi-tien, a researcher in the Institute of History and Philology at the Academia Sinica, has done in-depth research into Han dynasty law. He has concluded that the concept of human rights appears in Han dynasty law far earlier than in Roman law.
中研院史語所研究員邢義田深入研究漢代律令後，就提出漢代法律透露的人權觀念，遠遠早於羅馬。