The invention discloses an audit configuration method and an audit configuration system for a database. The audit configuration method includes acquiring an audit grade of a configured mode object to acquire an audit configuration strategy corresponding to the audit grade; generating a plurality of audit rules according to the audit configuration strategy; generating an audit configuration table according to the audit rules; and configuring audit rules of the mode object by means of loading the audit configuration table. The audit configuration method and the audit configuration system have the advantages that audit configuration for the mode object can be automatically completed without manually setting the audit rules in the audit configuration table, the labor cost is saved, high workload of auditors is reduced, and the work efficiency of the auditors is improved.