There are many different views on the meaning of legal transplantation at home and abroad.In a word

there are process theory

effect priority theory and cul⁃ tural order theory.As for the characteristics of legal transplantation

there are main⁃ ly three views:“two elements theory”

“three elements theory”and“four elements theory”.On the classification of legal transplantation

there are mainly two kinds of analysis modes: dichotomy and trisection.After discussing many arguments about le⁃ gal transplantation

this paper puts forward some puzzles in the field of legal trans⁃ plantation in contemporary China.Finally

it points out the path choice to promote the process of China’s legal modernization through legal transplantation.