中国古代有关伪造罪的立法可谓渊源流长,从秦简到唐律再到大清律例,都规定了大量的伪造犯罪。只是上述法律一般都采取分散式的立法方式。其立法的重点在于规制私铸钱、伪造公文印玺以及私造斛斗秤尺等行为上。这也是与当时封建统治者为了自己的统治地位,着眼于对皇权与国家权力的保护密切相关的。不过,有关伪造罪种类的规定已经与现代意义的伪造罪没有实质意义上的区别。 The ancient Chinese legislation on forgery can be described as a long history, from the Qin Dynasty to the Tang law and then to the Qing law, have provided a large number of forged crimes. Only the above laws generally adopt a decentralized legislative approach. The focus of its legislation is to regulate private casting money, forgery on the printed seal, and on the scale of the operation. This is also closely related to the feudal rulers at that time for their own dominance and for the protection of imperial power and state power. However, the provisions on the types of forgery sin have no substantial difference from counterfeit sin in the modern sense.