In this research, we found that the way of legislative explanation is quite complicate in Tang Code. Legislative explanation approximately includes four sorts of explanations: “direct explanation”, “indirect explanation”, “criminal terms explanation” and “analogize explanation”. In Tang code, usually uses explanatory notes to express direct explanation and direct explanation is the most direct and common way to explain the law. We also can find indirect explanation in Tang Code, which includes ”logic explanation”, “historical explanation”, “systematic explanation”, “restrict explanation” and “extend explanation”. Among these explanations, “historical explanation”. “Logical explanation” usually applies logical inference of jurisprudence. There are a few statutes use this kind of explanation. “Systematical explanation” is not rare in Tang Code. “Restrict explanation” and “extend explanation” are the methods of explanation for three previous explanations (logic explanation, historical explanation and systematic explanation), so they are often seen in Tang Code. What is called “criminal terms explanation” is to list special articles or items to make an explanation in order to anticipate the accuracy of some phraseology and prevent the wording and idea from producing any doubt when the legislature makes laws, so “criminal terms explanation” is often attach to the original items of law to explain law phraseology and law code themselves. There are many examples which use “criminal terms explanation” in Tang Code: Section on General Principle and the way of explanations is very similar to the Existing Law. “Analogize explanation” usually is called “according to” or “quote” in Chinese traditional law. Under the thought of “nullum crimen sine lege” in the Existing Law, analogize explanation is prohibited. However we still can find many examples which use “according to” or “quote” to explain statutes in the Tang Code.