“议事以制”是一项重要的中国传统司法制度，将“议事以制”与“征于刑书”对立起来理解，是叔向责备子产铸刑书的辩词，并不符合周代司法诉讼制度与实践的真实情况。事实上，“征于刑书”常见于“议事以制”过程中，二者并不矛盾。“议事以制”具有主体多元、依据多样、高度灵活、任择性强等特点，同时也不免引发司法腐败。该制度在律令时代并未消弭，而是以“八议”“上请”“下公卿议”“会审”等形式更生发展为中国本土的会议式审判传统，此传统集中反映了中国本土固有的“同寅协恭”、以众议决疑求正义的观念，其中蕴含的历史经验与教训，值得现代司法改革予以关注和借鉴。

"Yi Shi Yi Zhi"("Judge through a meeting") is an important Chinese judicial tradition. Understanding this tradition as opposed to "Zheng Yu Xing Shu"("Judge through citing the Criminal Codex") is just a defensive argument by Shu Xiang who opposed Zi Chan's legislative action through "Found the Criminal Codex to a tripod", which does not conform to the real situation of the judicial litigation system and practice in Zhou Dynasty. In fact, "Judge through citing the Criminal Codex" seems quite common in the "Judge through meeting" procedure, the two are not contradictory. "Judge through a meeting" has the characteristics of multiple-subject, diverse basis, highly flexible, and better optionality, but also inevitably leads to judicial corruption. This tradition has not been eliminated in the era of "law and order" but has developed into a conference-style trial tradition in China in the form of "eight discussions", "ask for royal instructions", "the discussion of lords and ministers", "joint trial by different yamen" and so on. This tradition reflects the inherent concept of " cooperation of colleagues" in China and the idea of seeking justice by common consensus. This historical experience is valuable for judicial reform in modern China.