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Historically, especially from 1949,the government of our country experienced three stages which we can term them as knife stage,commanding stage and horse halter stage.

纵观我国依法治国的历史和现状，特别是1949年以后我国法制建设经历的三个阶段可以形象地比喻为“刀把子”时代→“指挥棒”时代→“马笼头”时代。