摘 要：《唐律疏议》关于老年人犯罪从宽处罚作出了诸多规定，主要包括细致划分老年人刑事责任年龄阶段，具体规定了有关教唆老年人犯罪，老年人在家族中共犯的问题，以及老年人犯罪对特别刑罚的适用。这样的从宽处罚的规定对于维护家长制、对于专制国家的治理、对于中国古代法律正统思想都产生了重大的积极影响。借鉴这些规定，当代法制应该进一步精细划分刑事责任年龄，降低老年人刑事责任年龄，扩大老年人刑罚的处理方式。

关键词：老年人犯罪；刑事责任年龄；《唐律疏议》；宽缓制度；刑法适用

Abstract： There are many provisions on lenient punishment for crimes committed by the elderly in The Tang Law, including the detailed division of the age of criminal responsibility of the elderly, the specific provisions on instigating the elderly to commit crimes, the elderly's accomplice in the family, and the application of special penalty for crimes committed by the elderly. Such lenient punishment has a great positive impact on the maintenance of patriarchal system, the governance of autocratic countries, and the legal orthodoxy in ancient China. Using these Provisions for reference, the contemporary legal system should further fine divide the age of criminal responsibility, reduce the age of criminal responsibility of the elderly, and expand the way of punishment for the elderly.

Keyword：crime of the aged ；age of criminal responsibility； The Tang Law； principle of lenient punishment ； Application of criminal law