中文摘要：

民法典总则编规定法律适用规则，是1804年《法国民法典》创设的立法例，200多年来被绝大多数国家所借鉴，成为大多数民法典的立法通例。20世纪初叶，我国清末西法东渐，变律为法，制定《大清民律草案》时，依照我国古代立法习惯，创设了法例制度，用以概括民法适用规则，并被民国民法所确立。1949年之后，我国的民法草案及《民法通则》都没有规定法例规则，民法适用方法欠缺，导致民事司法不统一。制定我国民法典总则编，应当坚持规定具有中国特色的法例制度，明确民法的一般适用方法，对于统一我国民事法律规范的适用，将会起到重大作用。

英文摘要：

The applying principle in the compilation of civil code adopts the one in French Civil Code of 1804, which is used by many countries in the past 200 years and serves as the legislation example for many civil codes. At the beginning of the 20th century, Qing Dynasty learns from the west by changing laws to code. It formulates Draft of Civil Code of Qing Dynasty, sets up legal ex- ample regulation according to our ancient legislation habits to summarize the applying principle, which is adopted in the civil code of the Republic of China. After 1949, there is no legal example regulation in the draft of our civil law or General Principles of Civil Law and the lack of applying principle leads civil judicature not to unification. The compilation of General Principles of Civil Law in our Country should have legal example regulation with Chinese characteristics, and define the gen- eral applying method which will play a great role to unify our application of civil law regulation