The purpose theory plays a guiding role in the legislation and interpretation of the Civil Evidence Law. The purpose of Civil Evidence Law can be divided into two levels, among which the fundamental purpose is to find the t ruth and the other purposes include the efficiency of litigation, justice of procedure, settling the disputes, as well as protecting other interests. There exist both compatibility and cont radictions among all these purposes. When they conflict, we should generally stick to the principle of emphasizing on the realization of fundamental purpose and simultaneously giving attention to other purposes. We should also fully consider the demand of the fundamental purpose when dealing with the problems of the collection of evidences by the clients and the judge, the time limit of adducing evidence, the exclusion of illegal evidences, as well as the judges'obligation of illustration. |