以唯物史观为根本遵循的马克思主义法学原理对人类社会、特别是对现代社会法律现象的革命和批判的精神，告诉我们如何理解法源的现实基础，如何对法权关系的本质进行解蔽，并最终通过对社会形态理论的崭新理解，去寻找当代中国法治观的理论基础和现实选择的正当性。在这些问题上，充满了现实的批判和理想的叙述，这些决定论及辩证法的思维，避免了理论陷入理想化的玄想或独断性的教条。唯物史观具有丰富的理论面相，它指出了人们对探求现代法律秩序的知识基础的基本共识，对我们理解当代中国法治观所担负的责任具有特别重要的指导意义。

The principles of Marxist jurisprudence, with historical materialism as its foundation, reveal a revolutionary and critical spirit on human society, especially on legal phenomena in modern society. These principles guide our understanding of the realistic basis of legal source, uncover the nature of legal relationship, and ultimately help to find out the theoretical basis and realistic legitimacy of contemporary Chinese concept of rule of law through a brand-new understanding of Marx′s theory of social formation. These principles involve determinism and dialectical thinking with both realistic criticism and idealized narration to avoid falling into idealism or dogmatism. With its multiple theoretical perspectives, historical materialism points out a fundamental consensus on understanding the modern legal order, which is particularly instructive for us to understand the responsibility of contemporary Chinese concept of rule of law.