《孟子》的社会保障思想

The Social Security Ideas in "Mencius"

以儒家为主的中国传统文化,从远古社会以"养生送死"为原则的最基本的社会需要,到人们对"大同社会"和"小康社会"的畅想,无不体现出社会保障伦理思想。这种伦理思想作为一种特殊的历史形态和中华民族特有的文化传统,直到今天仍然影响着中国主体的价值观念和行为选择,影响着中国社会保障制度的设置及其运行,甚至影响着我们对西方社会保障政策的吸纳和改造。通过探索《孟子》中所蕴含的社会保障伦理思想,从中寻找一些智慧和启迪,以利于建设和完善我们今天的社会保障体系。

The Chinese traditional Confucian culture, from ancient society to the ＂Datong community＂ and ＂well-off society＂, contains quite a lot of ethical thoughts of social security. Such social security ethics as a special historical pattern in the Chinese cultural tradition, until today it still affects main values and behavior of China, affects installment and operation of social security system, and even has influence on absorption and adaptation to the West ones. The research of Confucian classics ＂Mencius＂is of great importance. The author hope that the study could give us some philosophical inspiration and enlightenment to build and improve the social security system we have today.